Programmer wanted to develop Reddit alternative

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[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (10 children)

Schmidt, have you ever talked to the NotABug guy? He's one of the few who are serious about free speech. With $2500 a month, notabug could get somewhere nice really fast. There's a small but loyal community around it too.

But at the same time, a serious and motivated team could do something from scratch and eclipse notabug, lemmy, lotide, littr and the rest.

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He's one of the few who are serious about free speech.

He should disable downvoting then, we shouldn't have to expand ~80% of comments in order to view them.

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

touche

[–]LarrySwinger2 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

You can have downvotes without automatic collapse. It can be a simple indication. Changing the color like on Hacker News is also a nice touch.

[–]madcow-5 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Even the downvotes IMO don't really hide stuff. If anything, I get more excited to open up the comments I see closed by downvotes. That's usually where the substantial conversation is.

It's mods and administrators all out removing comments and banning users that really brought reddit down. I still enjoyed it when it was mostly a lefty circle jerk where people downvote and get upset with you. It was them crossing the line of banning comments and users that challenge the status quo that made it not worth using at all.

[–]fschmidt[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Schmidt, have you ever talked to the NotABug guy?

No. He is welcome to contact me.

But at the same time, a serious and motivated team could do something from scratch

Yes. One decent full-time guy should be able to get something done quickly. If I had a few hours free per week to invest in this, I could do it, but I don't have that time.

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

u/go1dfish I think this guy wants you to contact him

[–]C3P0 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

A forum website can be made in a day. Your requirements so far right now just seem to be "saidit" with moderators. You could do that and just sit by yourself making posts to yourself on a forum all year long.

That's the thing about social media giants, twitter, facebook, instagram, etc. You can make an excellent professional alternative (think Google+), and no one will ever use it because it hasn't gone "viral". Not only is an idea not enough for a successful forum, a well-executed plan is not even enough. Google tried it.

[–]eh-non-plus 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Don't be swayed by the propaganda. NaB doesn't need any help from no-one and you shouldn't waste your time building something else.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

I thought you guys have developed the reddit alternative. Where does this guy think he is?

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

Hahhaa maybe he's here tryina poach our talent!