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diff --git a/content/posts/2023-06-12-reddit-alt-communities.md b/content/posts/2023-06-12-reddit-alt-communities.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6d1c9ea --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2023-06-12-reddit-alt-communities.md @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +--- +title: "Alternative Communities for Reddit on Fediverse" +date: 2023-06-12 +lang: en +categories: [ blog, links ] +tags: [alternative, reddit, fediverse] +translationKey: "2023-06-12-reddit-alt-communities" +--- + +You probably know about the recent Reddit API changes to charge the uses. It +is nothing of surprise really, just business as usual. This has incapacitated +third-party clients and moderation tools. Numerous subreddits have closed +temporarily to protest this change. Personally, I don't find this protest to +be very meaningful: 1-2 days are not gonna change anything. I believe people +who opposed the change will benefit more from running their own communities on +free, open platforms, and no, we don't even have to build from scratch, there +are already at least three Reddit-like servers on fediverse: Lemmy, kbin and +lotide. Their functionalities may not match one-to-one, but they should be +decent enough to work. Migrating to other platforms may not change anything +for the API situation either, but the point is that one is no longer have to +play Reddit's game anymore. + +In this post, I'll list some of communities and their counterparts on +fediverse. If you know of any that isn't listed, please let me know. + +| Subreddits | Alternative communities | Server | +|---------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------| +| r/Music | [Music@beehaw.org][music-beehaw] | Lemmy | +| r/Music | [Music@narwhal.city][music-narw] | lotide | +| r/Music | [music@kbin.social][music-kbin] | kbin | +| r/Vietnam | [vietnam@slrpnk.net][vietnam-slr] | Lemmy | +| r/books | [books@kbin.social][books-kbin] | kbin | +| r/books | [books@lemmy.ml][books-lemmy] | Lemmy | +| r/explainlikeimfive | [ELI5@kbin.social][eli5-kbin] | kbin | +| r/food | [food@beehaw.org][food-beehaw] | Lemmy | +| r/food | [food@kbin.social][food-kbin] | kbin | +| r/food | [food@lemmy.ml][food-lemmy] | Lemmy | +| r/food | [food@slrpnk.net][food-slr] | Lemmy | +| r/food | [recipes@lemmy.ml][recipes-lemmy] | Lemmy | +| r/memes | [memes@lemmy.ml][memes-lemmy] | Lemmy | +| r/memes | [memes@slrpnk.net][memes-slr] | Lemmy | +| r/piracy | [piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com][piracy-dbz] | Lemmy | +| r/piracy | [piracy@lemmy.ml][piracy-lemmy] | Lemmy | +| r/science | [science@beehaw.org][sci-beehaw] | Lemmy | +| r/science | [science@kbin.social][sci-kbin] | kbin | +| r/science | [science@lemmy.ml][sci-lemmy] | Lemmy | +| r/worldbuilding | [worldbuilding@lemmy.ml][worldbuild-lemmy] | Lemmy | + +[books-kbin]: https://kbin.social/m/books +[books-lemmy]: https://lemmy.ml/c/books +[eli5-kbin]: https://kbin.social/m/ELI5 +[food-beehaw]: https://beehaw.org/c/food +[food-kbin]: https://kbin.social/m/food +[food-lemmy]: https://lemmy.ml/c/food +[food-slr]: https://slrpnk.net/c/food +[memes-lemmy]: https://lemmy.ml/c/memes +[memes-slr]: https://slrpnk.net/c/memes +[music-beehaw]: https://beehaw.org/c/music +[music-kbin]: https://kbin.social/m/music +[music-narw]: https://narwhal.city/communities/15 +[piracy-dbz]: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/c/piracy +[piracy-lemmy]: https://lemmy.ml/c/piracy +[recipes-lemmy]: https://lemmy.ml/c/recipes +[sci-beehaw]: https://beehaw.org/c/science +[sci-kbin]: https://kbin.social/m/science +[sci-lemmy]: https://lemmy.ml/c/science +[vietnam-slr]: https://slrpnk.net/c/vietnam +[worldbuild-lemmy]: https://lemmy.ml/c/worldbuilding + +On a related note, I think these alternative servers would benefit a lot from +having great clients as those targeted Reddit. Anyone willing to work on +remapping those API endpoints? |