Seems like things are currently migrating towards smaller, more closed communities. Things like Discord servers, any of the various services that popped up when Twitter went bad, invite-only chats on any of the various chat services, even web forums are still hanging around. Honestly can't say I'm sad about this transition, I tend to think smaller communities are healthier.

For me, both Twitter & Reddit require a not-inconsiderable effort to extract value while ignoring/digesting the annoyances.

Maybe fewer global social platforms and less time spent on them will do a lot of people more good.

I'm guessing Reddit gets less global and ubiquitous, in the same way Twitter is more of a slice of a niche crowd now too. Maybe that's okay.

I've heard there's a terrific service out there that's a real sleeper. USENET, I think it's called.

I've been using hackernews as a great alternative to reddit. When they shut off compact reddit I completely moved to HN.

But HN doesn't have communities. We need something that gives you lightweight bulletin boards (because that's what reddit replaced). I love HN, but it's really just a subreddit with its own website.

I think Tildes is a good secondary alternative to Reddit, It was developed by a Reddit intern and RiD developer.

Are you open to sharing an invite?

Sure.

~current Tilderino

Maybe I'm not cool enough, but how does this translate into an invite? I'm on tildes.net right now.

Had to read the source code. Go to /register

I assume someone already snapped it; since no permutations of the above work

Anyone else willing to share a few?

There's a pinned thread in /r/tildes where you can ask for an invite, and they'll give you one after a cursory look at your reddit profile.

Tildes.net is similar but not a replacement

Do you have any invites?