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In what way is it different? They increased the character limit? It's still a short form reddit-style message board, same as it was 3 years ago.
by consz 9mo ago
In what way is it different? They increased the character limit? It's still a short form reddit-style message board, same as it was 3 years ago.
- rob74 9mo agoThe technology itself hasn't changed, but almost everything else (owner, headcount, moderation, userbase etc. etc., not to mention the name of course) has changed dramatically...
- consz 9mo agoBut most/all of those don't matter to the users -- the actual user experience is still largely the same.
- azangru 9mo agoReddit-style? Why would you say reddit style, and not facebook-style, mastodon-style, or bluesky-style? At least Reddit is arranded thematically, and Twitter is arranged around individuals; this is quite a significant difference.
- consz 9mo agoBecause the two styles are reddit style and bulletinBB style in my head. Those other three you mentioned are reddit style, too.
- azangru 9mo agoInteresting. To me, reddit is much closer to bulletinBB (as I remember from phpBB) than twitter. Reddit is like Hacker News in that regard. What makes the reddit style more similar to Twitter than to bulletin board, in your mind? And do we have a modern example of the bulletinBB style since phpBB?
- consz 9mo agoThe main difference, in my mind, is that you reply directly to people vs posts are in one direct stream. Hacker news is reddit style, too (by far the closest of those listed). Somethingawful is an example of a BulletinBB style board in 2026.