Proposal for how Saidit could actually develop the early environment of reddit, and become a valid reddit-alternative.

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[–]Rubberdong 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (14 children)

C E N T R A L I Z E

Unite with Ruggus, Poal, TheDOnald

Discuss with Mega.nz and pic8 to build your own better IMGUR

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (13 children)

No.

But sort of.

We need to /s/DecentralizeAllThings and /s/FederateAllMedia.

DECENTRALIZE to spread out and to never be taken down together.

FEDERATE to interact "centrally" in a contiguous cooperative manner, mirroring all social media, media, and activity - despite being on different platforms.

In this way, instead of the center being a single site (corporate or not), the "center" is wherever you are, like being on the Internet.

IMO, MediaWiki might be among the best options out there. It's exceptionally supported, very robust, easy to install, and of course it could manage all the media you can throw at it.

MediaWiki would also be a terrific forum base, but I see 3 problems with embracing MediaWiki for Reddit-clone communities. 1) The site layout/format would need an overhaul to redesign it to appear and function like a Reddit-type forum, including permissions and voting/points(/and crypto?) systems. 2) Federating. 3) A minor issue - the markdown code is different, though easy enough to adapt to - plus they have formatting aids. If someone or some folks could address those two major issues I'm certain they'd have a huge hit on their hands and many sites might migrate.

https://DuckDuckGo.com/?q=MediaWiki+layout+redesign
https://DuckDuckGo.com/?q=MediaWiki+federating

 

Side note:
/u/d3rr, I've considered creating /s/Fediverse for some time, but have hesitated as I am no expert, don't keep dialed in, don't have sources for Fediverse news, and figure it's redundant to #DecentralizeAllThings (which I now need to make clearly distinct from AltTech and Crypto). Now that I just came up with a new #FederateAllMedia, I wonder if it's better and/or more compelling - or if making a new sub is even a good idea at all. Thoughts?

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    [–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (9 children)

    /s/FederateAllMedia or /s/Fediverse

    Ask /u/d3rr or any federales or make a post in /s/AskSaidIt. Or /s/JustDuet and see if it flies.

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      [–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (7 children)

      d3rr is not as keen on topically-specific subs as I am.

      While our politics may be at odds, by their name alone I suspect /u/fediverseshill might be keen on your new sub and allied on that front.

      I'm currently preoccupied with some big developments (while also distracted by SaidIt), but soon I can fit in some work on a mascot and/or a FederateAllMedia banner and/or later a CSS if you wish.

      If you want one ASAP I could re-purpose one from my banner gallery. For example, M7 removed my CSS and banner for /s/SocialMedia and it was one of my good ones. I always meant to re-do the DecentralizeAllThings banner, and since the subs are cousins I could make them similar, or even the same. Or better still - you tell me what you'd like and/or we could develop something together. No pressure, no hurry, and don't feel shy to turn down my offer. Either way is win win for me - I either express myself creatively or spend my time on something else.

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        [–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (5 children)

        D3 and I used to co-mod it and some other subs.

        M7 made a stupid arbitrary limit of 40 subs - to simply appear better than Reddit without "powermods".

        I've un-modded from many subs. So did D3.

        M7 changed the SaidIt layout. It fucked up my CSS. I could only fix those I had access too.

        I assume it was easier for him to just delete it, since we abandoned it. He could have asked. I haven't asked him why.

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          [–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

          I could copypasta the upgraded CSS easily enough, and ask him to remod me if I cared.

          I'm pretty over trying to improve SaidIt. (D3 seems to be too.) M7 has expressed zero plans or ambitions and is simply coasting. The code is open but M7 and SaidIt are not. If I wanted to do more I'd start a new forum where it would be 100% transparent and democratic with a select team of aces. That may yet happen, with or without me.

          I'm tired of the news and have my own ambitious projects to focus on. You'll hear about them soon enough.

          [–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

          Meh, it can all go in /s/technology

          [–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

          LOL Too late. He made it.