xianc78 @xianc78@gameliberty.club

@PurpCat @RustyCrab @rher @Hoss It's nice to see people running forums again.

@PurpCat @RustyCrab @rher @Hoss I lurked Reddit a few times back in the early 2010s just to see what it's about. I rarely saw any actual discussion, and for the time, I found much better discussion on actual forums.

Also, I think Reddit is losing relevance as a hub for discussion thanks to Discord (I honestly see people hosting their communities on there these days).

@PurpCat @RustyCrab @rher @Hoss Social news sites are nothing new. Reddit is unique in that it allows you to create your own communities within the site. Sites like rDrama are no different than sites like HackerNews, SlashDot, Fark.com, or MachoSucko.

@PurpCat @RustyCrab @rher @Hoss
>It is literally easier to start up a competitor to literally any other social media site for this reason.

It seems exactly the same with other social media sites.

* All the Twitter competitors are just the same as the Youtube competitors: either echo-chambers for political dissidents (e.g Gab or Parler) or decentralized protocols that only techies would use, despite it being functionally no different than email.
* When it comes to Reddit-like sites, there were both Immzy and Voat which are both now defunct and suffered from the same problems as Gab and Bitchute. Otherwise, you have the Lemmy instances which turned out to be an even bigger shitshow than Mastodon.
* As for Facebook, nobody would ever use a Facebook alternative, because those sites require your IRL friends and family to join. You are better off sticking to email or setting up an SMS group chat for your friends and family.
* Tumblr seems to have a few alternatives like Pillowfort, but I don't know much about them.

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@dielan @RustyCrab @rher @Hoss @coolboymew Crypto-integration is really unnecessary given that you can just post links to crypto wallets anywhere, unless they are talking about crypto ads or being able to access members-only content with it.

@dielan @RustyCrab @rher @Hoss @coolboymew Odysee is probably the closest to a viable YouTube alternative because there are a few non-political Youtubers on there unlike Bitchute where it's 90% culture war and conspiracy shit. Though their future still seems uncertain after the company behind LBRY shut down. It seems like they are now switching to a different blockchain because of it.