News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Don't let Reddit kill 3rd party apps. Parent comment

Re:Don't let Reddit kill 3rd party apps by raziel2701 on Saturday June 03, 2023 @08:14PM (#36181788)
The clones that drew the most attention all ended up becoming right-wing cesspools. I remember they were often created because of free-speech absolutism which was code for "I want to express hateful views without consequence".
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Don't let Reddit kill 3rd party apps by iguana_lawyer on Sunday June 04, 2023 @01:16AM (#36183275)
You nailed it
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Don't let Reddit kill 3rd party apps by xtracto on Sunday June 04, 2023 @09:20AM (#36185383)
Whatever happened to voat?

I think one problem people here underestimate is the cost of running the required infra. I seem to remember voat fell under it's own weight?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Don't let Reddit kill 3rd party apps by DoItToMe81 on Sunday June 04, 2023 @12:43PM (#36187071)
Voat was hijacked by neonazi communities that used bots to massively pre-register popular community names and effectively prevent anyone outside of their circle from using the site. It also was absolutely full of tech issues and spent at least a quarter of its first few years down.
[ Parent | on HN ]