Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit

Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit by brightball on Monday June 12, 2023 @12:47PM (#36296519)

90% of the time there's a forum for the subject that's a better option anyway. For example, the College Football /r/cfb area is periodically entertaining but the Rivals.com network is significantly better for the same thing anyway.

I found that blocking Reddit as part of the parental controls on my home network was beneficial anyway, considering just how much stuff falls under the umbrella of availability on that site.

As a news aggregator it always felt untrustworthy and slanted anyway.

There's nothing I miss about having it blocked.

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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit by tezgon on Monday June 12, 2023 @02:19PM (#36298393)

And really beyond rivals.com, your team-specific forum is even better. I was a frequent poster on shaggybevo before it became surlyhorns, and still hang around there. Though there are some absolutely unhinged posters on them (you get that with most smaller forums I've found).

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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Reddit by brightball on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @08:39AM (#36309385)

The paid forums on Rivals tend to be much better conversation. You still get a few but the barrier to entry filters a lot of crazy.

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