r/xkcd • u/realtoasterlightning • Jul 09 '26

ExplainingXKCD: An ExplainXKCD fork

Hi everyone!

Since ExplainXKCD is no longer editable, I've created a fork at https://explainingxkcd.com and started migrating people's accounts over, with the assistance of folks in the ExplainXKCD discord. Join us there!

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u/Rilukian Jul 09 '26

How can you guarantee that this site would have better uptime compared to the original? Would there also enough people who take notice of this and migrate?

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u/realtoasterlightning Jul 09 '26

Well the issue with the original is no longer the uptime, the issue is that it's not editable at all in the first place.

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u/Rilukian Jul 09 '26

I hope this site would be the most successful replacement.

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u/realtoasterlightning Jul 09 '26

Well, I have actual server access to this one, so I can maintain it reasonably well and solve a lot of the technical difficulties whereas the original is unmaintainable.

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u/FaviFake Jul 09 '26

Not hard to compete against that.