It's the largest group-oriented discussion site on the Web. They're doing something right. And some may note that my avatar somewhat features a Reddit-like labeling.
Though also a few things wrong.
Generally, I recommend it as well-worth considering. I'm winding down my use of it as a personal blog for numerous reasons, noted here:
It's just different. A lot of the subforums are a little rough edged for local culture but that just depends. The typical demographic seemed to overlap with Google + participation but it wasn't the same. The format is odd, how in even moderately active groups posts scroll away to later pages in hours. Voting for post rank and to achieve a personal score is a little odd, but that's true of everywhere, just in different senses. The form feeling unfamiliar and typical membership perspective being a little negative seem the main drawbacks.
Edward Morbius your posts (including the ones you link) hit the mark.
Might I suggest you make a free Wordpress.com blog? When you have enough money you can simply migrate all your work to Wordpress.org (the self hosted version).
At all cost, when you have content, it's highly preferable to find a way to own your own place.
The one good thing about reddit? It is one of the few services that at least offers a type size slider on their iOS mobile app. Not as good as just using the system dynamic text setting, but at least usable. So far almost none of the other alternatives are usable on small mobile devices.
Edward Morbius I decided to use netlify to build my site that I build out of a repository on GitLab; it looked easier to get certificate for https set up there than using gitlabs pages, and it's serving via CDN. I own the domain, so if I want to change hosting later, I can do that basically non-disruptively. But so far it looks like netlify is good, and I'd recommend them for paid site hosting as a result of the experiment.
Reddit is great, for what it is: a place to find something interesting to read, to post a joke or opinion, to interact with other people with a similar specialized interest. Not so good for straight-up socialization.
Gary Gregory The advantage GitLab / GitHub SSG offer is that the entire site lives on my local system(s), is in Git, can be updated and revised locally if necessary (typos, linkrot, other changes), is fully versioned, is not stranded onsome third-party webservice, and can be redeployed elewhere with a few keystrokes. (As Michael K Johnson just said.)
Wordpress can't touch any of that.
Plus SSG is simple, cruft-free, and has no (or at least blindingly few) security holes, present or potential.
I would also like to advocate the use of static site generators together with Webmentions and other Indieweb protocols. It feels like this is how the independent web is supposed to be like. See https://indieweb.org/webmention for more details.
Edward Morbius yep, that's what I meant. Lately I've been using a combination of reddit and discord for social interaction relating to my specific interests. The two compliment each other well.
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It's the largest group-oriented discussion site on the Web. They're doing something right. And some may note that my avatar somewhat features a Reddit-like labeling.
ReplyDeleteThough also a few things wrong.
Generally, I recommend it as well-worth considering. I'm winding down my use of it as a personal blog for numerous reasons, noted here:
old.reddit.com - Current Plans on Migrating this Blog Elsewhere
I have never fully understood the interface nor how threads work..
ReplyDeleteYou can find a thread almost any given subject, and until recently, even things barely legal...
It's just different. A lot of the subforums are a little rough edged for local culture but that just depends. The typical demographic seemed to overlap with Google + participation but it wasn't the same. The format is odd, how in even moderately active groups posts scroll away to later pages in hours. Voting for post rank and to achieve a personal score is a little odd, but that's true of everywhere, just in different senses. The form feeling unfamiliar and typical membership perspective being a little negative seem the main drawbacks.
ReplyDeleteEdward Morbius what's the wrong about Reddit?
ReplyDeleteGary Gregory Read the linked post.
ReplyDeleteEdward Morbius your posts (including the ones you link) hit the mark.
ReplyDeleteMight I suggest you make a free Wordpress.com blog? When you have enough money you can simply migrate all your work to Wordpress.org (the self hosted version).
At all cost, when you have content, it's highly preferable to find a way to own your own place.
The one good thing about reddit? It is one of the few services that at least offers a type size slider on their iOS mobile app. Not as good as just using the system dynamic text setting, but at least usable. So far almost none of the other alternatives are usable on small mobile devices.
ReplyDeleteGary Gregory I'll be blogging on a static site via GitLab.
ReplyDeleteWordpress ... has issues as well.
Edward Morbius what issues does Wordpress have?
ReplyDeleteEdward Morbius I decided to use netlify to build my site that I build out of a repository on GitLab; it looked easier to get certificate for https set up there than using gitlabs pages, and it's serving via CDN. I own the domain, so if I want to change hosting later, I can do that basically non-disruptively. But so far it looks like netlify is good, and I'd recommend them for paid site hosting as a result of the experiment.
ReplyDeleteReddit is great, for what it is: a place to find something interesting to read, to post a joke or opinion, to interact with other people with a similar specialized interest. Not so good for straight-up socialization.
ReplyDeleteGary Gregory The advantage GitLab / GitHub SSG offer is that the entire site lives on my local system(s), is in Git, can be updated and revised locally if necessary (typos, linkrot, other changes), is fully versioned, is not stranded onsome third-party webservice, and can be redeployed elewhere with a few keystrokes. (As Michael K Johnson just said.)
ReplyDeleteWordpress can't touch any of that.
Plus SSG is simple, cruft-free, and has no (or at least blindingly few) security holes, present or potential.
Chris Johnson Reddit's also surprisingly poor for basic conversation. A key complaint in my reddit post above.
ReplyDeleteI would also like to advocate the use of static site generators together with Webmentions and other Indieweb protocols. It feels like this is how the independent web is supposed to be like. See https://indieweb.org/webmention for more details.
ReplyDelete(There are also some WordPress plugins already available that make it a bit more user-friendly.)
indieweb.org - Webmention - IndieWeb
Tomáš Jakl I'm leaning strongly that way.
ReplyDeleteEdward Morbius yep, that's what I meant. Lately I've been using a combination of reddit and discord for social interaction relating to my specific interests. The two compliment each other well.
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