Ruqqus is Officially Shutting Down

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[–][deleted] 13 insightful - 4 fun13 insightful - 3 fun14 insightful - 4 fun -  (17 children)

Those zoomers were in over their heads since day 1. Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it.

[–]HibikiBlack 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (16 children)

What did you saw wrong with the site overall? Does this mean Saidit is again the biggest reddit (clone) alternative?

[–][deleted] 15 insightful - 2 fun15 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

They made bad business/political decisions and bad tech decisions. The crux of the issue was advertising themselves as a free speech site but then ungracefully walking it back later. Voat.co closing was the nail in the coffin, if voat would have stayed open, maybe ruqqus would still be around.

Nah, saidit is pretty small compared to the communities.win sites. They are the biggest reddit alternative by far.

[–]awdrifter 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Communities.win is basically became the alternative after Ruqqus pivoted to censorship. I'm still on Poal and obviously here sometimes. But I think Communities.win will grow after every major Reddit ban.

[–]HibikiBlack 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

The Internet is still young. I still have a lot of crazy ideas I haven't tried yet to help the site.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 4 fun2 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

I'm sure you do ;)

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

More info, here, and here.

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

    Even though Saidit is small, Saidit censors too.

    Shalom

    ✡️

    [–]HibikiBlack 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

    Too much liberalism can be just as toxic as too much authoritarianism. IMO, Saidit does has the flaw of being too liberal and It's hardly the ideal place for quality information warfare because everything gets reduced to a popularity contest. It's very prone to be subverted.

    I think people should create their own subs and don't shy away from increasing the authoritarianism while under Saidit rules even if they get rather isolated because of it while trying to allow as much opposition as possible. This opens up for the chance of different ideological guilds to show up and helps add a lot of variety to the site and fun competition.

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

      seconded. it also splits up hosting costs and legal liability.

      [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

      Are there no neonazis on all of .win?

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

        sorry im slow. if .win is not censoring yet, that's cool.

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

        One of the issues is that "free speech" sites are easy to manipulate by a broad range of people, from Mosssad shills to neonazis, to the mentally challenged, to 12-year-old 4channers. Free speech is of course always limited in some manner on these alt sites, and as you indicate, Ruqqus couldn't manage it.