KillaBeezHas anyone tried squabbles.io yet? It might be my favorite of the Reddit alternatives so far!
simpleI've tried it and while it's pretty neat, it strikes me as more like Twitter than Reddit.
It doean't even say who runs the site on the "about" page. The privacy policy also seems lacking. Not sure what to think of it yet.~~___~~
yeah nothing wrong with several communities. They all have their place. I've been checking out tildes.net. No invite and I don't know anyone with them, but if its a place I end up spending a lot of my time on I'll find one.
gabuwuThe community at tildes in my experience seems to be pretentiously over serious, like if you make the wrong comment that seems even somewhat off topic you will get permabanned.
PowderhornI felt that was telegraphed with such a limited beta, but it's good to have confirmation nonetheless.
CommunistIs it federated?
If not, it's not useful.
This!
100% I'm done investing my time in closed services controlled by capital
Closed service, where there is a single group or person controlling everything, is like a single point of failure in an otherwise good design.
I am liking these federated services more and more. I imagine as these get more popular, it will get easier to search and jump between them
I am liking these federated services more and more. I imagine as these get more popular, it will get easier to search and jump between them
Seems pointless to switch to a different closed-source, centralized platform. Why would this be any different from Digg or Reddit? Switching to a federated system is the only way to make sure that cycle doesn't repeat.
Fool me once. Shame on Digg.
Fool me twice. Shame on Reddit.
cowleggiesThe horizontal blocks UI with post content on the left, and discussion on the right, frankly sucks. Weird font choices across the interface as well.
Scaling costs will be untenable if Squabbles ever starts to gain serious user traction, and then they're in the same predicament as Reddit - you have to monetize somehow in order to pay for the infrastructure. That's either ads, paid subscriptions, or selling your user data.
I don't see how this is any better than Reddit.
MayTheBananaBeWithYoI just checked out because of this post, and I'm not really sold. It just seems... off? to me. Like the whole comments right next to the post thing and what not just made it more of a distraction than anything. I mean, it could be my adhd preventing me from focusing, but I just could feel myself becoming overwhelmed within the 5-10 minutes I was looking through it. I feel that lemmy/kbin is definitely more Reddit-like, and personally, less overwhelming. Good concept, maybe not-so-good execution for some people.
Yeah, I agree with it feeling "off" - can't put my finger on exactly why. It feels like someone's hobby project, as in one single person. The UI feels cluttered and not well thought out.
As other people have pointed out too, it gives me a weird vibe that there's no information about who created it, who controls it, how it's moderated. And the domain was registered on GoDaddy like three months ago.. just feels really off to me.
I find the layout terrible
I liked it briefly when I logged in but as someone on reddit pointed out, the owner encouraged others to astroturf bringing new users to the site which feels kinda icky given the way other users have also bashed lemmy alongside it.
BobQuasitThat sounds exactly like my experience with MeWe. I investigated them as part of the team of Goodreads refugees who were looking for a new home after the Amazon takeover. MeWe functioned as a cult, and they were (are) a walled garden. Numbers were constantly urged to recruit, recruit, recruit.
But when search engines can't see your community or your posts, and you can't even share links except to members, there's no future. Nothing you write will ever go viral. Nobody will ever stumble upon something great that you rode and decide to get involved or to follow you.
I'm not a fan of all the white space but the content + comment layout is very intriguing! Immediately engaging and promotes contribution IMO. Will be keeping an eye on this for sure.