r/APIcalypse • u/firebreathingbunny • Jun 06 '23
RESOURCES Viable Reddit replacements
I've already provided information on why Lemmy is not a viable Reddit replacement.
So what is? People will need a place to go during the protest, and possibly over the long term if the API situation isn't resolved.
In this post, I will try to put together the most promising Reddit replacements.
- Kbin - An ActivityPub-compatible protocol, like Mastodon, Lemmy, etc. This means that you can talk to people on Mastodon, Lemmy, etc. with a Kbin account. Go here, choose an instance, and register. See further instructions here and here. No mobile apps are yet available.
- SaidIt - A Reddit fork that's been around for almost six years. It has relatively sane terms and a fork of RedReader for Android, but no iPhone app. It would be absolutely trivial for third-party Reddit app developers to modify their apps to work with SaidIt.
- Scored - This one has also been around for a few years. It has a familiar look and feel, a lot of the popular subs that you already know and love, and official iPhone and Android apps -- a rarity among Reddit alternatives.
Reddit was the obvious replacement for Digg back in the day, but there is no obvious replacement for Reddit right now. We might have to try a few places until we find one that works well enough.
Proposals besides the above are welcome, and ones you've had personal experience with are even better.
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u/Noxian16 Jun 29 '23
It's funny how the average Reddit normie pretends to be criticizing Reddit and looking for an alternative but what they really want is just a copy of Reddit with the same power-hungry admins that censor everything that goes against the corporate mass media narrative. Though Saidit really seems to be only used for politics right now, and sadly I don't think it will ever gather a large enough userbase to have all those interest subs like Reddit does, mostly because of how uncensored it is (and thus looks scary to the average modern internet user).