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> I also stopped using reddit on the phone after my chosen reddit client was closed down (which I'm grateful for, thanks reddit). Same here, very grateful for
by ornornor 3y ago
> I also stopped using reddit on the phone after my chosen reddit client was closed down (which I'm grateful for, thanks reddit).
Same here, very grateful for Reddit’s API changes. It made me realize how little value Reddit actually provided vs time spent. I refuse to use their dumpster fire of an app so I quit altogether and deleted my very old account + comments. Good riddance after all, for each “niche” subreddit I was on, I have found very active forums and communities to replace these subreddits. And they’re independent forums that are very old (in internet terms) with lots of passionate people sharing very valuable information.
Turns out I didn’t really need Reddit at all but it took their shortsighted hara-kiri for me to realize.
Oh well, thanks Greeddit!
- omginternets 3y agoHave you found any generalizable methods for finding non-Reddit communities for niche interests?
- ornornor 3y agoI search for “$topic forum” or “$topic community” and there will typically be something in the first 10 results. There is a little trial and error involved, I check which one of the forums has been around for a while (10+ years works best for me) and still has regular activity (message volume + last posted messages) Sometimes it ends up being a discord chat as this is very popular. Not ideal as I don’t love the discord walled garden but still better than Reddit. And if/when they pull a Reddit in the future, well, I’ll cross that bridge when I get to it. I should add that in getting much better results for these queries since switching to kagi. Ddg and startpage had more spam/SEO/generated junk in the top results. It was more effort to find these communities on those but not impossible either.
- omginternets 3y agoOh wow, Kagi is a little gem -- thanks for introducing me to it!
- ornornor 3y agoGlad you like it!