Re:Reddit is buying TikTok rival Dubsmash
by birdsbirdsbirds on Monday December 14, 2020 @03:57PM
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The absence of a reddit competitor on the open internet despite reddit's flaws suggests that the technically advanced users have already reassembled somewhere on an .onion domain. If the old.reddit.com users had the means to start something new, they would have done it a long time ago.
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Re:Reddit is buying TikTok rival Dubsmash
by somehnguy on Monday December 14, 2020 @05:16PM
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I very much doubt the conclusion that a lack of clearnet alternative means people have assembled on TOR. That's ludicrous honestly.
There have been a number of reddit alternatives over the years, typically the result of some act of over-moderation that drives angry people to alternatives. These always become cesspools of hate & racism because they advertise as 'free speech' alternatives (due to swinging too far in the opposite direction that drove people there in the first place).
I think most people who want to use the old interface are simply just using the old interface. Until they completely drop it I don't think that will change. Because anyone can start a reddit clone but it's useless until you can convince a mass amount of users to switch & stay there, which is extremely difficult.