trove - a not-for-profit reddit alternative driven by aesthetics and ethics (please break it!)
Posted by Archarin@reddit | RedditAlternatives | View on Reddit | 5 comments
Please break, critique, "dunk on," meme, and improve my reddit alternative called trove.
The domain is currently: trove.saw.dog
Backstory:
Last year, I posted on here about Trove, a minimalist alternative to Reddit I was experimenting with. Lots of people liked the design and motivation for the project.
At the time, it was just a mockup, but now it's a website!
The goal is basically to steward a website that feels like "old reddit".
My top priorities:
- fostering slow, thoughtful, creative, and engaging discussions (writing a constitution?)
- respecting user privacy and attention (no ads, AI content, infinite scrolling)
- ensuring users retain ownership of what they post (users can easily delete their accounts and download their data)
- keeping things simple and solid (a mobile site that works, no crazy slow javascript magic)
I don't expect people to use this platform. But I do hope to slowly and surely make something that's a really good home, and maybe one day people will move in.
Extra notes:
I don't have a constitution, about page or privacy policy set up yet. Hoping to flesh these out as user feedback comes in.
The moderation tools are ... well ... nonexistent. This is because I'm not sure who will be moderating what and how Community (subreddit) ownership will work.
I hope Trove can be like Reddit if it were made by the Wikimedia Foundation, i.e. a centralized platform with a strong ethical and stylistic stance.
Voluptuousss@reddit
I like how simple the layout is. Must try to visit this later.
panickedthumb@reddit
It’s fine that you don’t have a lot set up yet, as you’re just getting feedback, but what can you tell us about the security you have and the kinds of data you collect?
GobiPLX@reddit
You don't need feed/posts to be so wide, it looks bad when title isn't even close to image, and will look bad with every image being different size
Center it more like on reddit or other social media. Its ok to have unused/blank spaces on sides of your page
Some-Poetry8420@reddit
Cool idea, but it needs a dedicated mobile view. Right now I have to scroll horizontally in order to see the content
Fleebledee@reddit
The simplicity of the layout looks really good! It's refreshing compared to the clutter of most sites.