Programmer wanted to develop Reddit alternative

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[–]C3P0 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

You need a lot more criteria about exactly what kind of website you would like. Right now, it sounds like you want Saidit--well, saidit is right here.

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

Saidit seems like the best current option, which is why I am here. But it has some issues.

First, Saidit doesn't seem to support the idea that moderators own their subs. Instead Saidit seeks to impose its view on all subs.

Second, I can't tell how truly supportive of free speech Saidit is. Are they ready to switch hosting providers, DNS registrars, or whoever else attacks them for free speech? The evidence so far seems bad.

Third, Saidit is centralized. Ideally a platform should be federated and open source so that anyone can participate from anywhere.

[–]magnora7 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

First, Saidit doesn't seem to support the idea that moderators own their subs. Instead Saidit seeks to impose its view on all subs.

Yes because the moderator fiefdom problem is why reddit failed and exactly how it was hijacked. This was a very deliberate choice to protect free speech, to limit what moderators can delete. (unless they take their sub off of /all, and say it in the sidebar explicitly, then they can delete anything they like)

Second, I can't tell how truly supportive of free speech Saidit is. Are they ready to switch hosting providers, DNS registrars, or whoever else attacks them for free speech?

You mean how we've switched servers 3 times, and kept this thing going for 3 years through endless attacks?

Third, Saidit is centralized. Ideally a platform should be federated and open source so that anyone can participate from anywhere.

Can't disagree there. However I think you'll find your estimate of "One decent full-time guy should be able to get something done quickly." to be extremely short of the mark in reality. It's like a 5000 hour project, not a 200 hour project. That said, I wish you the best, but I really think you should have a good roadmap before you code anything out.

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

i havent read this thread very carefully, but i see you picking your programming language and then trying to decide how much to pay for a programmer, oh my jeezus.. you are entirely backwards caddywampus on this..

nope.

as a person that has been developing various types of code for almost forty years, maybe i might have a clue.

the correct place to start is with a piece of paper and a crayon.

start kicking around ideas, like "in a perfect world, things would be like.... blah and blah and blah"..

that should keep you busy for a minute.

my name is Bond, James Bond.

I can be reached at extension double oh seven.