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Not yet - there isn't a suitable replacement yet. But this would've been the perfect time for a Reddit alternative. I think this will actually not change much

Not yet - there isn't a suitable replacement yet. But this would've been the perfect time for a Reddit alternative. I think this will actually not change much for the users themselves. They'll continue using Reddit as normal, and move on. Mod teams will be shuffled, and some of the people using third-party apps (like myself) will just... not use Reddit as much (or at all). I also don't know how a multi-hundred-million-user platform can be justified as already "dead". It might be dead in some elitist sense, as in "oh, all the smart people like me aren't using it anymore", but...

Euphorbium 3y ago
Tildes is a replacement I have chosen, it is a million times better.
- theshrike79 3y ago
  It would be a nice replacement except for: > Tildes is currently in invite-only alpha, and you must be invited to be able to register. Most of the existing users have the ability to invite others
  - SkyPuncher 3y ago
    It’s not that hard to fish for an invite on HN. The fact that your on HN is likely a strong enough sign that you aren’t a troll/bad actor. I do not yet have invite abilities, but I’m sure you can find someone here that does.
- politelemon 3y ago
  To be honest I'm finding it a great alternative to HN too.
  - literallyroy 3y ago
    Could I request an invite to check it out?
- Seattle3503 3y ago
  Tildes is a good "Frontpage of the internet replacement" but not "community of communities" replacement. If you want a community to talk about 70s blacksploitation films, the beat you will get is... ~movies
Gigachad 3y ago
Voat kinda looked like it would take off and I saw a lot of tech subs creating communities there, but then reddit didn’t die and voat became purely racists. But they had the UI and stuff all perfect. Much better than lemmy
- neurostimulant 3y ago
  Things are different if fediverse due to its federated nature. Sure, the UX is not great yet, but one bad actor cannot destroy the whole ecosystem. Some communities turn racists can't ruin the entire ecosystem. Heck, even the project owner himself cannot ruin the ecosystem because everyone run their own instance from the available source code and can fork at moment notice. Compare that to Reddit where the CEO has enough power to force all protesting subreddits to reopen and kill all 3rd party apps. Such thing is not possible in fediverse.
err4nt 3y ago
The 'replacement' of Reddit may not look in appearance much like Reddit at all. Communities can center around anything. Just the other day I found a 'proudly anti-fascist' linux distribution with a community of ideologically-aligned friends all having a community around a linux distribution. Others I know have found deep friendships after initially meeting over music groups and going to concerts together. Rather than one mega-forum with many smaller forums, you may find interest-based communities all over the place!
- robswc 3y ago
  >a 'proudly anti-fascist' linux distribution I don't tend to keep up with online discourse... but what has happened with linux?
  - err4nt 3y ago
    I'm not sure, I used to use Linux as a daily OS and lately have just been using it on servers. But taking a look at it with ideas of using it as a desktop OS again it seems to be healthy and in good shape like it was 20 years ago!

Euphorbium 3y ago

Tildes is a replacement I have chosen, it is a million times better.

theshrike79 3y ago
It would be a nice replacement except for: > Tildes is currently in invite-only alpha, and you must be invited to be able to register. Most of the existing users have the ability to invite others
- SkyPuncher 3y ago
  It’s not that hard to fish for an invite on HN. The fact that your on HN is likely a strong enough sign that you aren’t a troll/bad actor. I do not yet have invite abilities, but I’m sure you can find someone here that does.
politelemon 3y ago
To be honest I'm finding it a great alternative to HN too.
- literallyroy 3y ago
  Could I request an invite to check it out?
Seattle3503 3y ago
Tildes is a good "Frontpage of the internet replacement" but not "community of communities" replacement. If you want a community to talk about 70s blacksploitation films, the beat you will get is... ~movies

Gigachad 3y ago

Voat kinda looked like it would take off and I saw a lot of tech subs creating communities there, but then reddit didn’t die and voat became purely racists. But they had the UI and stuff all perfect. Much better than lemmy

neurostimulant 3y ago
Things are different if fediverse due to its federated nature. Sure, the UX is not great yet, but one bad actor cannot destroy the whole ecosystem. Some communities turn racists can't ruin the entire ecosystem. Heck, even the project owner himself cannot ruin the ecosystem because everyone run their own instance from the available source code and can fork at moment notice. Compare that to Reddit where the CEO has enough power to force all protesting subreddits to reopen and kill all 3rd party apps. Such thing is not possible in fediverse.

err4nt 3y ago

The 'replacement' of Reddit may not look in appearance much like Reddit at all. Communities can center around anything. Just the other day I found a 'proudly anti-fascist' linux distribution with a community of ideologically-aligned friends all having a community around a linux distribution. Others I know have found deep friendships after initially meeting over music groups and going to concerts together. Rather than one mega-forum with many smaller forums, you may find interest-based communities all over the place!

robswc 3y ago
>a 'proudly anti-fascist' linux distribution I don't tend to keep up with online discourse... but what has happened with linux?
- err4nt 3y ago
  I'm not sure, I used to use Linux as a daily OS and lately have just been using it on servers. But taking a look at it with ideas of using it as a desktop OS again it seems to be healthy and in good shape like it was 20 years ago!