Fascinating!

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[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Me too. When we started I was shocked that no one else was also using this codebase. I think a few sites have over the years, but none have survived.

[–]HorseMeat[S] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

It's especially weird because whatever board software 4chan uses is used by several different communities. The Reddit codebase on the other hand, I've never seen used up until I discovered this site. Even the alternatives that came before this didn't bother with it. It's all around quite strange. But hey! It's getting put to good use now. That's all that matters.

[–]cyber_burn 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

from my perspective, it's probably because it's using a deprecated python framework and a weird html templating language that comes with it. i would guess that people creating the other alternatives wanted to use a stack they were more familiar with. in my opinion, having a site that looks like our old reddit is worth it though.

[–]HorseMeat[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That makes sense. And yeah, you are absolutely right. The old design somehow feels much better in terms of functionality & customization compared to the Redesign. It's kinda unfortunate about the framework/templating.