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I'd probably setup an NNTP server, and pay a bunch of the popular clients to use that as the backend for storage, rather than the Reddit API. Using NNTP would
by stevekemp 3y ago
I'd probably setup an NNTP server, and pay a bunch of the popular clients to use that as the backend for storage, rather than the Reddit API.
Using NNTP would be a bit of a step backwards in some ways, however it would also allow distributed operation, and interoperability from a whole bunch of clients.
Honestly though I'd probably not really be too interested in duplicating Reddit. From users unaccustomed to paying, dealing with porn, dealing with abuse, a hard path to monetization, it just seems like a cute niche that wouldn't be worth investing in.
- rumey 3y ago> Using NNTP would be a bit of a step backwards in some ways, Which ways do you have in mind?
- stevekemp 3y agoOff the top of my head I was thinking of lack of moderation, and spam problems. There's also a lack of formatting, but perhaps you could just not show posts without a header containing "text/markdown", or similar, to work around that. Binaries would be grossly inefficient too, if you resorted to multipart-posts with encoded bodies. Again that could probably be worked around - either use single-post parts only, or ignore them entirely as you preferred.