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Saidit seems like a direct clone that has some (limited) traction. /r/drama's Reddit knockoff just for themselves (at least I think it's just for themselves) lo
by bnralt 3y ago
Saidit seems like a direct clone that has some (limited) traction. /r/drama's Reddit knockoff just for themselves (at least I think it's just for themselves) looks to be larger, though (rdrama.net).
It seems even a slight amount of required effort is too much for most people to go to another platform. Which should probably tell you something about the quality of online content these days.
- ianai 3y agoSure but now could be a pivot point. These third party developers that are closing their apps could band together around a vanilla knock off if one could roll out a knock off like yet another Django app. Thinking of forum apps like https://djangopackages.org/grids/g/forum/ https://djangopackages.org/grids/g/forum/ Social wise, I imagine there are controls to steer how the site allows new content. Maybe start with just the subs that naturally tend toward the most use and least controversy. The pet subs, car maintenance, science, benign hobbies, news (tough but worth the clicks), etc.
- shitlord 3y agoThe rDrama codebase is used for rDrama.net (19.6k users), watchpeopledie.tv (338k users), and a few other sites that fizzled out. TheMotte.org uses an rDrama fork with all the fun features (like blackjack) removed. The migration process is a lot of work and most communities just don't bother.