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Re:Before Reddit and Digg, there was Fark. Then a user-hosti... by worrycue on Monday June 12, 2023 @03:31AM (#36289684)
> Now it's Reddit vs what?

For tech news, you are looking at it.

For everything else there is YouTube + comment section, stack exchange, Discord channels, …

People don’t really need a “clone” replacement.

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Re:Before Reddit and Digg, there was Fark. Then a user-hosti... by dgb23 on Monday June 12, 2023 @03:56AM (#36289880)
There’s a niche of medium lived discussions that are paced slowly and contextualized that the model of hn and reddit serve. The examples you gave don’t seem to fit.
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Re:Before Reddit and Digg, there was Fark. Then a user-hosti... by worrycue on Monday June 12, 2023 @04:12AM (#36289992)
People use Reddit in different ways. I suspect for many, those examples are perfectly good substitutes.
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