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So what’s the next Reddit. 9gag? Imgur? HN?

emilsedgh 3y ago
I think that's one of the problems here. When Digg happened, Reddit was already a very viable alternative. But now there doesn't seem to be any.
pepperonipizza 3y ago
Reddit, only a handful of vocals are leaving
- harrelchris 3y ago
  Unfortunately for Reddit, that handful includes many moderators.
  - rajamaka 3y ago
    Has there any been a single instance of a subreddit with a shortage of people volunteering to mod?
    - Drakim 3y ago
      There has been lots of instances of bad quality mods and mod abuse, which I assume will only become a bigger problem in the future. Having embedded community talent leave is never a good thing.
    - theshrike79 3y ago
      A huge sub like /r/funny (40 million subs) will have zero issues finding volunteers. Finding volunteers you can trust though... An audience that big + lack of morals + power = chance to make money by manipulating what gets through.
- iepathos 3y ago
  I don't think that's true. The majority of reddit users actually use reddit via third party apps and all those users will be impacted by reddit effectively shutting down all those apps. Anecdotally, I have a bunch of different friends who only use RIF and Apollo to browse reddit and say they won't use reddit anymore once those apps shutdown. They aren't vocal users advocating other people to do the same, they are just normal reddit users with low tolerance for poorly designed mobile ui's.
  - Mr_Erratic 3y ago
    The estimates I've heard of percent of users who use Reddit via third party apps are 5-10%, so nowhere close to a majority. I wouldn't be surprised if for power users the fraction is much larger though. As a user of RIF I will be very sad when they shut-down. I'm hoping there's some alternative platform I can spend time on, but it's hard to see myself fully leaving Reddit given the sheer utility of it from an information stand-point.
netsharc 3y ago
I'm turning to a grandfather, but I hear Discord is popular nowadays. I'm not a fan/I probably only have less than 1 hour experience with it, but the UI on this screenshot looks almost like it's reddit's new design: https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/14/discord-forum-channels/ https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/14/discord-forum-channels/ If they were clever they would've done some guerilla marketing to get people onto their platform off reddit...
- edandersen 3y ago
  Discord are up to something with their new global unique @ username system. I expect totally public forums like Reddit soon.
  - Hamuko 3y ago
    After Musk took over Twitter and people were looking for alternatives, one that stuck to me was Discord: they have a user base basically tethered to the Internet and a solid brand. If they wanted to launch a competitor, it could really take off.
  - Ekaros 3y ago
    And the community really hates it. It is just that there isn't good alternatives to protest. Apart stopping paying for Nitro.
- doix 3y ago
  > If they were clever they would've done some guerilla marketing to get people onto their platform off reddit... It was already happening "organically". Every single gaming subreddit had a discord as well. When they announced the blackouts, they left a "see you on discord" message. It's sad because I don't really like discord, it's a blackhole of information. With Reddit you could google and find things, unfortunately nothing gets indexed on Discord by google. So to find anything useful you need to join a discord "server" (not really a server) and use their search (which isn't great).
- redsaber 3y ago
  It appears that Discord have been hiring former FAANG employees(esp META) based from their glassdoor reviews which was found by a redditor https://archive.md/asyPC https://archive.md/asyPC
elaus 3y ago
For me it's Lemmy. Much smaller userbase and it will probably never grow _big_ (because federation is too daunting for some), but for me that's a plus. It's a bit like HN: sometimes it's good to _not_ become mainstream (e.g. by having a design that scares away people).
RockRobotRock 3y ago
nobody really left Twitter, nobody is really going to leave Reddit.
- skinkestek 3y ago
  I left, haven't logged in in months, do no consume it except when it is linked from somewhere else and then I look at it and go straight back.
  - throwaway71271 3y ago
    I joined, so it evens out :)
- SCUSKU 3y ago
  Yeah, it seems like the network effect is simply too strong to overcome in these two cases. I deleted my Twitter account in protest of the harsh approach Musk took in laying people off, but I find myself back on the platform. I imagine it will be similar with Reddit...
  - icoder 3y ago
    I wonder how big the network effect is for Reddit. From a personal perspective it's nonexistent. There is a critical mass, for sure, and that may be just as hard to overcome, which makes it perhaps a bit less all-or-nothing.
- Hamuko 3y ago
  The activity on my Twitter feed has definitely decreased ever since Musk took over. And I've decided to migrate basically >90% of my tweeting to Bluesky because I'd rather use Bluesky and I need to put my posts where my mouth is. Not that I can effectively even read those tweets now that the third-party apps are killed.
- mduggles 3y ago
  I mean the data suggests a fair number of people left Twitter or at least check in a lot less: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2023-deep-dive-the-state-of-twitter-in-april-2023 https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2023-deep-dive-the-...
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drumhead 3y ago
I'm hoping it'll encourage people to go out to the internet and find a multiplicity of replacements.
Kosirich 3y ago
Surprised to see 9gag mentioned in the context of Reddit alternative. Does anyone use 9gag for more than memes/funny stuff?
- Apocryphon 3y ago
  Beats me, the 9gag community certainly has postured itself as a rival to Reddit’s (which, of course, is another meme). But more insane to me is that 9gag is a Y Combinator startup: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4313644 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4313644 The comment by brackin predicting 9gag becoming a (Buzzfeed-style?) media company with “9GAG Magazine, the book and TV shows” is pretty bonkers, as well as the appearance of- moot???

I think that's one of the problems here. When Digg happened, Reddit was already a very viable alternative. But now there doesn't seem to be any.

pepperonipizza 3y ago

Reddit, only a handful of vocals are leaving

harrelchris 3y ago
Unfortunately for Reddit, that handful includes many moderators.
- rajamaka 3y ago
  Has there any been a single instance of a subreddit with a shortage of people volunteering to mod?
  - Drakim 3y ago
    There has been lots of instances of bad quality mods and mod abuse, which I assume will only become a bigger problem in the future. Having embedded community talent leave is never a good thing.
  - theshrike79 3y ago
    A huge sub like /r/funny (40 million subs) will have zero issues finding volunteers. Finding volunteers you can trust though... An audience that big + lack of morals + power = chance to make money by manipulating what gets through.
iepathos 3y ago
I don't think that's true. The majority of reddit users actually use reddit via third party apps and all those users will be impacted by reddit effectively shutting down all those apps. Anecdotally, I have a bunch of different friends who only use RIF and Apollo to browse reddit and say they won't use reddit anymore once those apps shutdown. They aren't vocal users advocating other people to do the same, they are just normal reddit users with low tolerance for poorly designed mobile ui's.
- Mr_Erratic 3y ago
  The estimates I've heard of percent of users who use Reddit via third party apps are 5-10%, so nowhere close to a majority. I wouldn't be surprised if for power users the fraction is much larger though. As a user of RIF I will be very sad when they shut-down. I'm hoping there's some alternative platform I can spend time on, but it's hard to see myself fully leaving Reddit given the sheer utility of it from an information stand-point.

netsharc 3y ago

I'm turning to a grandfather, but I hear Discord is popular nowadays. I'm not a fan/I probably only have less than 1 hour experience with it, but the UI on this screenshot looks almost like it's reddit's new design: https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/14/discord-forum-channels/ https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/14/discord-forum-channels/ If they were clever they would've done some guerilla marketing to get people onto their platform off reddit...

edandersen 3y ago
Discord are up to something with their new global unique @ username system. I expect totally public forums like Reddit soon.
- Hamuko 3y ago
  After Musk took over Twitter and people were looking for alternatives, one that stuck to me was Discord: they have a user base basically tethered to the Internet and a solid brand. If they wanted to launch a competitor, it could really take off.
- Ekaros 3y ago
  And the community really hates it. It is just that there isn't good alternatives to protest. Apart stopping paying for Nitro.
doix 3y ago
> If they were clever they would've done some guerilla marketing to get people onto their platform off reddit... It was already happening "organically". Every single gaming subreddit had a discord as well. When they announced the blackouts, they left a "see you on discord" message. It's sad because I don't really like discord, it's a blackhole of information. With Reddit you could google and find things, unfortunately nothing gets indexed on Discord by google. So to find anything useful you need to join a discord "server" (not really a server) and use their search (which isn't great).
redsaber 3y ago
It appears that Discord have been hiring former FAANG employees(esp META) based from their glassdoor reviews which was found by a redditor https://archive.md/asyPC https://archive.md/asyPC

elaus 3y ago

For me it's Lemmy. Much smaller userbase and it will probably never grow _big_ (because federation is too daunting for some), but for me that's a plus. It's a bit like HN: sometimes it's good to _not_ become mainstream (e.g. by having a design that scares away people).

RockRobotRock 3y ago

nobody really left Twitter, nobody is really going to leave Reddit.

skinkestek 3y ago
I left, haven't logged in in months, do no consume it except when it is linked from somewhere else and then I look at it and go straight back.
- throwaway71271 3y ago
  I joined, so it evens out :)
SCUSKU 3y ago
Yeah, it seems like the network effect is simply too strong to overcome in these two cases. I deleted my Twitter account in protest of the harsh approach Musk took in laying people off, but I find myself back on the platform. I imagine it will be similar with Reddit...
- icoder 3y ago
  I wonder how big the network effect is for Reddit. From a personal perspective it's nonexistent. There is a critical mass, for sure, and that may be just as hard to overcome, which makes it perhaps a bit less all-or-nothing.
Hamuko 3y ago
The activity on my Twitter feed has definitely decreased ever since Musk took over. And I've decided to migrate basically >90% of my tweeting to Bluesky because I'd rather use Bluesky and I need to put my posts where my mouth is. Not that I can effectively even read those tweets now that the third-party apps are killed.
mduggles 3y ago
I mean the data suggests a fair number of people left Twitter or at least check in a lot less: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2023-deep-dive-the-state-of-twitter-in-april-2023 https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2023-deep-dive-the-...

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drumhead 3y ago

I'm hoping it'll encourage people to go out to the internet and find a multiplicity of replacements.

Kosirich 3y ago

Surprised to see 9gag mentioned in the context of Reddit alternative. Does anyone use 9gag for more than memes/funny stuff?

Apocryphon 3y ago
Beats me, the 9gag community certainly has postured itself as a rival to Reddit’s (which, of course, is another meme). But more insane to me is that 9gag is a Y Combinator startup: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4313644 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4313644 The comment by brackin predicting 9gag becoming a (Buzzfeed-style?) media company with “9GAG Magazine, the book and TV shows” is pretty bonkers, as well as the appearance of- moot???