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[–]Ar4dqisrkt8hLx 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I just signed up here after exploring Ruqqus for a few weeks (I'll continue to use both). I was never a big reddit user so my ideas may or may not be popular here, but here are a few thoughts on both:

Obviously the servers and response time gives saidit a huge edge over ruqqus. I don't like that both sites are essentially copies of reddit as far as design. I think saidit is ugly while ruqqus is just another modern web dev/javascript whore site (these sites are never fully responsive, even the big ones, they can be fast but sometimes nothing happens when you click).

As far as the forum concepts, I love that saidit has no up/downvotes. As others pointed out, this just leads to echo chambers. As a casual user, I never really up/downvoted anything on reddit (I just ignore stuff if it's dumb), and I think it's common that the power users just go crazy trying to influence the content. Ruqqus is probably doomed to failure because they have up/downvotes. I have openly asked over there what would happen if a mob invaded and there's really no good response. The only things they guarantee are that you won't be deleted (if legal) and mods will be limited. Good ideas, but not nearly enough. I think saidit could think about trying out more emoji response options (people are used to these and might make it more widely popular).

Some things saidit could improve on are making it easier to find subs (I think a directory of subs should be more prominent). Also behind the scenes, put in an algorithm to identify groupthink clusters of users so you can better identify mobs when they come around (just to limit influence of their votes).

[–]cloudrabbit 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't like that both sites are essentially copies of reddit as far as design. I think saidit is ugly while ruqqus is just another modern web dev/javascript whore site

What would be a good site design then?