Any big reddit alternatives? (that isn't the fediverse)

Posted by throwawaythebadbeans@reddit | RedditAlternatives | View on Reddit | 27 comments

Lately I have been seeing a couple of stress and anxiety inducing reddit comments and posts too many.

Beside the fediverse (that includes mbin, PieFed, Lemmy) is there any alternative to Reddit that is like reddit but more chill?

The reason why I said besides the fediverse is because I feel like that time has past when Mastodon started to die off.

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eccsoheccsseven@reddit

I don't know why anyone would downvote substack. I think the lemmy crowd just downvotes anything that's not lemmy.

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Skavau@reddit

Because it isn't a reddit alternative as such?

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throwawaythebadbeans@reddit (OP)

Heard of it but havent used

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eccsoheccsseven@reddit

We aren't big but we are chill: https://goatmatrix.net

We are having a movie night tonight https://goatmatrix.net/c/MatrixEvents/DwpRATKCb7

We'll be doing this a lot through October.

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RickyFalanga@reddit

sorry for not answering your question, but genuinely what does Mastodon have to do with Lemmy, PieFed and Mbin?

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Pamasich@reddit

Mastodon, Lemmy, Piefed, and Mbin are all part of the fediverse. That means they all exchange data via the ActivityPub protocol.

Basically, you can create a post in a Lemmy community from Piefed, which an Mbin user can then comment in, and a Mastodon user can boost (retweet).

Mastodon has always been the most successful platform on the fediverse, so some people measure the success of the fediverse by how Mastodon is doing.
I do believe that's stupid, but that is probably what OP meant there by saying the time of the fediverse is past because Mastodon has started to die off.

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Teknevra@reddit

How exactly has Mastodon started to die off?

They're just about to introduce Starter Packs, similar to what Bluesky has.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/10/our-ideas-about-packs/

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RickyFalanga@reddit

that's not a good way of seeing it though: Lemmy and Mastodon basically never talk with each other because of how different they are. Mastodon's activity levels have nothing to do with how Lemmy, PieFed or Mbin are doing.

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Pamasich@reddit

To be fair, Lemmy is the only one of the three to have actual interoperability issues with Mastodon (users not forwarding messages to followers), and Mbin even is extra compatible. The main reason for the lack of contact is one of user culture, the lack of hashtag use among the threadiverse userbase. Iirc Mastodon's search works primarily via hashtags, so the tjreadiverse not using them hurts discoverability.

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throwawaythebadbeans@reddit (OP)

They are all Fediverse adjacent

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RickyFalanga@reddit

Sorry for not understanding well, but you’re saying that because Mastodon is not doing well then Lemmy, PieFed and must be dying as well?

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throwawaythebadbeans@reddit (OP)

A tiny bit, and also because I could get overwheled by global view. theres so many instances. (unless there is a setting to turn it off) If I were to join lemmy, what instance should I join?

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Skavau@reddit

I would recommend joining piefed.social. It interacts with lemmy, and has more features and a better development plan - and it has a built-in instance chooser with descriptions.

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spamska@reddit

Bit of a reach but https://nblurb.com

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digitalindigo@reddit

Project Liberty / MeWe ?

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throwawaythebadbeans@reddit (OP)

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privinci@reddit

Digg?

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keepthepace@reddit

You are not looking for an alternative to reddit, you are looking for a different set of communities, which could be on reddit or elsewhere. There are economico-technical reasons to switch the platform, but when it comes to the humans you meet, it is about the communities (and their moderation)

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LibertyLizard@reddit

Is Digg still a thing?

I mean the answer as always is that the main alternative is the threadiverse (Lemmy, piefed, etc.)

So, yeah take your pick I guess. Nothing’s perfect.

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