Is there currently an Aternative that looks and feels like Reddit?

Posted by crackerbox5@reddit | RedditAlternatives | View on Reddit | 54 comments

Reddit users are kinda used to the subs , the platform basically.

The problem is the censorship that comes from having bossman ban you not only from subs but sitewide for a period of time or perhaps permanently.

It is being discussed in various other subs

I think decentralization would be an option

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caucasian-shallot@reddit

I've been using OddsRabbit for a couple of weeks now and it so far has been my reddit replacement. Still growing so it's quiet compared to here, but it will get busier with more people joining. Disclaimer: I am not involved with the team or have any stake in the platform. I just find it fun to use and genuine. Hope this is helpful :)

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crackerbox5@reddit (OP)

thanks! Keep trying all kinds of new ones!

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RootCipherx0r@reddit

Most of the better ones are require an invite. I doubt anyone will mention them either.

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NappyDougOut@reddit

Hacker News is ok for smaller scale discussions, it's mostly IT/tech/development focussed & they don't have dark mode though 🫤

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gym-strong@reddit

Rednote

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pnpany1@reddit

Porn cleaner

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crackerbox5@reddit (OP)

ur kidding, LoL

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PhoneFresh7595@reddit

Lemmy?

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femanonette@reddit

It sucks though. Fine that it took over a day for my account to get approved, but immediately after trying to log in I get an 'incorrect' password error. The password isn't wrong. Ok, reset password. I've been waiting 2 days for that reset link.

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rubricked@reddit

It's run by actual human beings, so it does require a little humanity.

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Admins-Are-Bots@reddit

is dogshit

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Skavau@reddit

why

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crackerbox5@reddit (OP)

I am a little confused when it comes to subs

Lemmy seems to have various servers?

lemmy.world for world politics - not really subs but a jumble of various groups all bundled up into one

lemmy.ca ?

lemmy.ee ?

lemmy guess that you need to have a lemmy extension you need to know about

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_haha_oh_wow_@reddit

Lemmy is federated: It means that it can talk to other websites and instances of Lemmy as long as they're federated.

If you want something that looks like reddit, lemmy.world has some interfaces meant to look like reddit, for example https://old.lemmy.world/ looks like old.reddit.com (best reddit).

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MrWeirdoFace@reddit

old.lemmy.world

Oh my God thank you so much. I've been on Lemmy for a while but I don't use it as often as I would like because of the appearance. I'm currently typing this on old.reddit so that's perfect for me!

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_haha_oh_wow_@reddit

Glad to hear it, there's other variants too if you ever get tired of that one but I don't remember what they are off hand.

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topselection@reddit

Lemmy.world I think is a general site. I signed up to Lemmy on that. Lemmy.org might be better I hear if you don't want to give your email.

The nice thing about Lemmy is that there are filters at the top: All (posts from all federated sites), Local (from Lemmy.world), Subscribed (from instances you subscribed to).

Lemmy is surprisingly good if you stick to the stuff you're just interested in. But holy cow, a good 3/4 of the stuff you have to wade through is full blown communists. Memes go "Chinese communist supermen are our superiors! Ha ha. That is funny, comrade."

However, if an instance isn't specifically devoted to the communist revolution, it seems safe to have a different opinion on the matter. There are some normal people hanging there usually.

I try to avoid the political stuff as much as possible. Like Technology is pretty neutral.

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Skavau@reddit

Yes, it's a bunch of Reddits all joined up - "federated" together.

lemmy.world for world politics - not really subs but a jumble of various groups all bundled up into one

Lemmy.world is the largest instance by users, but it's not just about politics.

Lemmy.ca is Canadian themed.

Lemm.ee has shut down.

You don't need an extension.

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Nicarlo@reddit

Sh.itjust.works is another alternative

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_haha_oh_wow_@reddit

That's my instance, I like that one because it's powered by renewables.

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Paisley-Cat@reddit

Lemmy has the look and feel but not the volume.

There’s lots of posts and discussions on some topics but others have communities that just can’t get to critical mass.

Which is why I still engage with specific topics here.

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jaqian@reddit

No other platform has the volume unfortunately.

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Paisley-Cat@reddit

This is true.

And if we don’t build other platforms they won’t have the volume.

Which is why I am mostly in the fediverse, including Lemmy, but engage here for very specific topics.

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jaqian@reddit

The fediverse is messy, doesn't work with the Twitter clones and won't work with Reddit

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Paisley-Cat@reddit

Lemmy looks like Reddit which is what OP asked.

It does interface with other fediverse APIs.

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Teknevra@reddit

Piefed?

Mbin?

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Paisley-Cat@reddit

Each API has its own strengths.

Lemmy is the Reddit analogue with communities. Mastodon is the largest Twitter analogue. Pixelfed is an Instagram analogue.

Federation between APIs works more or less well.

In terms of Lemmy instances, finding a well modded and administered one that houses data in a jurisdiction you’re personally comfortable with and has governance you can live with is the way to go.

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_haha_oh_wow_@reddit

They're both great IMO and they all interact just fine with each other. I'm on Lemmy mostly, but also Piefed and I'm subbed to the same communities on both.

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Skavau@reddit

Well Reddit doesn't work with Twitter either.

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_haha_oh_wow_@reddit

That volume is a double edge: There's a certain point where too many people just kind of ruin it. Communities tend to lose what makes them special when they get too big. That's why the best subreddits are not usually the huge ones, but the niche stuff like r/hammocks or r/xbiking.

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More-Ice-1929@reddit

A lot of the volume is bots, but unfortunately we'll never be told even a rough estimate of the percentage of bot traffic

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Electrical-Berry2577@reddit

There is no real alternative… the downside is they aren’t widely used enough.

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crackerbox5@reddit (OP)

I found a few, many with anon accounts.

All folks are asking are to post without being shadow banned or kicked by linking to a third party app

Nothing really big , just a site to post links that would normally not be allowed ;)

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aifloodedanditsux@reddit

Please do all of us a favor who are watching Reddit become absolutely saturated with AI slop, and do not answer this question publicly.

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crackerbox5@reddit (OP)

ok, I am looking for potential anon sites

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Manifesto-Engine@reddit

Anything but this bot only website. X_X

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Normal-Walk3253@reddit

check out tavern.talk I'm wroking on

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crackerbox5@reddit (OP)

nice and clean!

I like it.

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dogmeatjones25@reddit

Moltbook

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Stompya@reddit

Recently took a look at OddsRabbit. Has solid potential!

https://www.oddsrabbit.com/

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True-Acanthisitta151@reddit

I've been here for a while and it looks like the closest to a real reddit alternative

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hydroflame7@reddit

Thank you! =)

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hydrora31@reddit

Someone just announced a release of a project called Otto which is quite similar visually. I havent played with it yet but seems to do what you want:
https://otto.talk/o/all

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BlackManedLion@reddit

Try Chattabox , pretty similar.

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crackerbox5@reddit (OP)

Chattabox

thats a good one!

Looking to move a group of us over to a new platform and using reddit to invite others just need an easy and similar platform to discuss sensitive topics

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NikEy@reddit

Sensitive topics? On a centralized site?

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NikEy@reddit

Literally Mirage. In fact, if you want the OLD REDDIT, you can enable that as theme. It looks and feels EXACTLY like the old reddit: https://imgur.com/a/PuaL8u2

DM me if you need invite code please - don't wanna spam the sub.

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habarnam@reddit

I started an alternative a long time ago that has as a goal to be very similar to old reddit before it introduced "subreddits". The different instances can intercommunicate through ActivityPub and ideally each of them would have the function of a "subreddit".

An example of such an instance is brutalinks.tech.

However I haven't worked on it for a long time and I don't think it's at a quality level where people should start communities with it. I'll get back to it sometime, but I have other priorities at the moment.

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