A website listing Reddit alternatives brought me here

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Hey everyone!

As with some users of this website, I too, have had experience with using Reddit. In my case though, I still use it BUT I make sure to stay away from the degenerate parts of the platform and was fortunate enough to find communities with chill people. However, it doesn't change the fact that Reddit is still a mostly toxic place where non-conformists with good intentions are treated like they have bad intentions.

So I was looking for Reddit alternatives for in case Reddit becomes too hostile to people who are well-intended though considered to be non-conformist for that platform and out of all the options presented to me in a website that listed Reddit alternatives, SaidIt won me over.

That being said, I hope that my stay in SaidIt will be amazing.

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[–]RuckusChan 7 insightful - 4 fun7 insightful - 3 fun8 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

Saidit is fine, better than crazy places like 4chan or voat if that's still a thing, or Ruqqus which is now dead and kamikazed itself in a suicidal destruction. Maybe its a bit like Minds or Bitchute but Anonymous, without the Alt-Tech celebrity faces.

[–]brimshae 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Voat is apparently rebranding as Talk.lol. The new URL as well at Voat.xyz both seem to lead to the same place, but profiles weren't ported over.

I remember using old Voat for a while and cringing at the front page too hard every time.

[–]ere 7 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

The lack of diversity in online communities reflects the homogenization of culture in society. The proliferation of advertising in the twentieth century instilled this mindset in people of perpetual need and inadequacy, creating consumers who never feel fulfilled. Social media has had a similar effect in ruining communities, by encouraging behaviors which attract the most attention (to advertising), while robbing us of more constructive meaning and purpose.

We need culture creators who can escape the current paradigm, not merely resist it, but conceive of an alternative which is fully independent. This requires a revolution against finance, government, and industry, every facet of the globohomo hellscape which has overtaken the world must be uprooted.

[–]brimshae 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

The proliferation of advertising in the twentieth century instilled this mindset in people of perpetual need and inadequacy, creating consumers who never feel fulfilled. Social media has had a similar effect in ruining communities, by encouraging behaviors which attract the most attention (to advertising), while robbing us of more constructive meaning and purpose.

1: Holy shit that's insightful.

2: I'm gonna meme a little, but it sounds like part of the solution is to touch grass.

3: A longer term solution is to learn how to build and/or care for things.

[–]JasonCarswell 7 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

FAQ & wiki at the foot of every page.

Public Service Announcement: Are you getting ALL of SaidIt?

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

https://saidit.net/subs/notall/

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Thank you.

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Not many people here, but it seems like a cool place. There is nowhere to go but up.

[–]Insider 6 insightful - 4 fun6 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

This is probably gonna be its peak in terms of coolness. The feds will eventually infiltrate, like all platforms. Site_sux will call upon his buddies if it gets too active here.

[–]Airbus320 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Hope so

[–]LarrySwinger2 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Welcome! That list was posted here a few weeks ago.

[–]SaidOverRed 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Welcome, frien

[–]abdougr99 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

OK

[–]BanditMcFuklebuck 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Ive said it before, I'll say it again: If you lurk on reddit, you're generating ad revenue for these cretins. Stay off, stay completely off!!!

[–]hfxB0oyA 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Welcome aboard!

[–]Bridgeheadprod 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Where’s the rest of the list?

[–]ID10T 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

It's pretty decent so far. Voat was too... at first. I hope it doesn't become a toxic cesspool the way voat did. I don't want to go to a site where everyone agrees with me. I don't want to feel like I'm visiting a nazi circle jerk either.

I'm going to reddit a lot less, and probably will stop altogether soon. Same as I did with facebook.

[–]honky 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

lol