We tried every single open or alternative Reddit and they were all garbage. And trust me when I said we tried everything.
They are either awful early-2000s PHP-clone style sites, some stupid fringe political communities which push away mainstream users, or some weird moderation rules.
https://saidit.net/ was the closest clone but they had some bizarre "Pyramid of Debate" [1] moderation thing that seemed culty among their hardcore members, which our sub members got turned off from.
But ultimately it's the lack of good mobile apps for these sites that pushed us away and we never managed to rebuild the community.
Recreating a better Reddit is a project I've long been interested in doing myself.
[1] https://infogalactic.com/w/images/thumb/e/ef/The_Pyramid_Of_...
They should have never been censored, it was a politically inspired move, and a disgusting one to have made.
I mean, I agree they should have been banned from day one basically.. but to say it's a slap on the wrist is odd because absolutely no one has to read any of their trash unless you specifically go there. Most random reddit users probably don't even know of td, let alone would actually go there voluntarily.
That being said.. I think it's unconscionable that reddit allows that subreddit to exist.. it's literally a breeding ground for violence and hate thought/speech.
and no, they are not a 'breeding ground for violence and hate thought/speech'
Reminds me of 'wrongthink' and you're advocating for its censor?
Censorship is evil, censoring that sub was evil to supress information
That community does not directly behave in violence, hate, etc. How ridiculous of you to make that assertion. You're likely buying into the bullshit about the excuse Reddit made to censor them to begin with..."Anti police rhetoric" ...it is laughable that you're buying that.
End of story: Political Censorship
Perhaps we will see a diaspora of such clones?
I've been a user since 2006. When reddit blew up in popularity, many subs massively declined in quality as is to be expected. Niche subs, however, remained pretty great.
But reddit as an organization is beyond repair at this point. Changes like this are now par for the course.
Worse even, reddit is now engaged in censoring subs. The most obvious and possibly most disturbing example is the quarantine of r/the_donald on political grounds.