Alternative to Reddit/forum where knowledgeable people are

Posted by Nicoleism101@reddit | RedditAlternatives | View on Reddit | 26 comments

Before you laugh at me and say oh you are so smart - I don’t see myself as smart, I just want to read a forum/website where smart people write about things they are good about. I won’t even post/comment there most likely lol. Not until I absolutely certain I know what I am talking about. Like let’s say hacker news but for other topics of interest. Reddit tires me with the amount of useless information or wrong information or just amount of comments that are not bringing anything to the discussion but are upvoted to the top nevertheless.

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aalitheaa@reddit

> I am talking about places where points matter less than the substance of the comment. You think a lot before commenting because you want to add to the discussion and add information. This is a huge part of the philosophy behind Tildes, and it's implemented extremely well. Even the UI is designed to push people to read all the comments before responding, so they're actually adding something valuable to the discussion. Comments can be given labels like "exemplary" if they're detailed and high quality, or labels like "Off Topic" or "Noise" when they are low effort. There are "points" (votes) on comments, but I believe they have no impact on how comments are displayed or anything else. I've never had better discussions on the internet than on Tildes. There is an overwhelming sense that everyone is a full grown adult who is ready to interact with you with respect even if you disagree on things. You might really like it, but honestly it depends on how you feel about different moderation policies. Dramatic, aggressive arguments are essentially not allowed there, regardless of which side of the political spectrum is involved. You have to be polite. And these decisions are made by one person who runs the site. Take it or leave it. I like it.

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Diligent-Cod-3159@reddit

Cool, Ill def check that out. Reddit has become a political dumpster fire where people get banned for the slightest disagreement. It has nothing to do with violation and the reddit moderators dont seem to care at all. I have gotten banned from posting for no reason, not to mention they dont even tell you what the comment was that got banned which is very suspicious.

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misscloud@reddit

Can I have an invite code?

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boxer_dogs_dance@reddit

If they don't get back to you, you can request one on r/tildes. [Official invite request thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/tildes/comments/1amvpvc/official_invite_requests_round_28_leave_a_reply/)

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misscloud@reddit

Thank you!

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Agentflit@reddit

Hey, I'll take an invite code! Thanks.

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aalitheaa@reddit

Sent the code to you via PM!

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FanClubs_org@reddit

Not a 1:1 Reddit Comparison, but if you're interested in a multi-faceted forum, I hope you'll consider swinging by [FanClubs.org](https://FanClubs.org). It's not a 1:1 Reddit Comparison, but if you're interested in a multi-faceted forum, I hope you'll consider swinging by topics they love. I'm also baking in community events and photo galleries where it makes sense. I hope you find what you're looking for. I've been searching for years and couldn't find a great fit, which is actually what led me to build Fan Clubs.

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no902384902433424@reddit

you might be interested in a more full featured fediverse experience. Lemmy can only hit the 50%, forums-based, but a lot of technical discussions happen in the microblog/mastadon side of the fediverse. there are a few server products that can interact with both lemmy and mastadon, like 'mbin'. you use it as a 'home base' and can then access the entirety of the fediverse. my server is setup for this purpose. https://moist.catsweat.com

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TheConquistaa@reddit

If no such Lemmy instance was created yet, you can try [Hubski](https://hubski.com/) out.

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Aptex@reddit

You might benefit from RSS. It will allow you to curate a feed of different quality content in one place. This will allow you to gradually build up different RSS lists based on topics you are interested in without the reddit chaff. [Lifehacker](https://lifehacker.com/tech/the-best-rss-reader-apps-in-2024) just did a little article of some RSS software still kicking in 2024.

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phoneguyfl@reddit

RSS is great! I've used it for as long as I remember, however lately (last 4-5 years especially) a lot of sites are dropping their feeds. Probably in some misguided attempt to drive people directly to their site.

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ardi62@reddit

bazqux is nice alternatives as well

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bserum@reddit

[Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com)

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luffliffloaf@reddit

A lot of tumbleweeds over there

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luffliffloaf@reddit

A RESEARCH LIBRARY

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JSavageOne@reddit

I made [zsync.xyz](https://zsync.xyz) to try to be that place, but turns out it's hard to start a community from scratch Twitter is prob the closest thing to that, though of course with its downsides (eg. too many people promoting themselves)

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MigrateOutOfReddit@reddit

Hacker News is like Musk: they talk with a lot of confidence about complex matters but, once you know about the topic even a little bit, you start facepalming at them. (The links are going to raise your IQ by five points each. The comments lower it by ten.) 4chan /vg/ if you're into games.

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HotTakeHoulihan@reddit

Well it's not a forum, and it's not shaped like Reddit, but...there's Tumblr? Alternatively, there's "The Motte". Both have some people who are profoundly smarter than me, anyway. Both may not be to your taste and there are learning curves.

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tutoredzeus@reddit

Substack would be perfect if it was free. You have to pay to subscribe to authors unfortunately.

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albazzaa@reddit

This is where we are starting to encourage people to talk aboout Proust: [https://reclown.com/rooms/9ad521d5-18e6-4951-bb2e-9c94ed15e408](https://reclown.com/rooms/9ad521d5-18e6-4951-bb2e-9c94ed15e408) You are welcome to create any room and create a topic to discuss anything you are interested in. We are (well, pretending to be...) knowledgeable people.

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Elven77AI@reddit

Smart people(i'd assume smarter than myself) seem to have a penchant for forming some academic circles, similar to gamer's discord groups/clans, so you have e.g. "Quantum Gravity group" operating in some space where it excludes non-members and not subject to public opinion. If you could read that, it would defeat the point of that group and make it "too public", like e.g. Linux kernel mailing list dealing with constant drama.

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Alternative to Reddit/forum where knowledgeable people are

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