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> 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 necessarily need a “clone” replacement.

Edit: OK. What exactly is so offensive about this post?

People use Reddit in different ways. Those others site may be perfectly good substitutes for them.

If you want a “feed” you can comment on, YouTube can do that.

You want questions answered, Stack Exchange.

If you only visit small specialised tightly moderated subreddits, Discord channels will probably work just fine.

Reddit is a means to an end. There are others ways to communicate on the internet.




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.


People use Reddit in different ways. I suspect for many, those examples are perfectly good substitutes.




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