HACKER Q&A
📣 mg

Are there alternatives to the subreddits which will go dark next week?


According to Reddark [1], there are 5 subreddits with over 30 million users each which will go dark next week:

    aww
    gaming
    music
    pics
    todayilearned
Considering how easy it is to run a forum, one would think there must be some alternatives out there on the web?

If find it pretty hard to find those though. Does the HN crowd know some alternatives?

[1]: https://reddark.untone.uk/

  👤 matt_s Accepted Answer ✓
Tangent opinion: going dark will do nothing long term. The mods should walk away, remove all moderation bots and let their respective subreddits be over-run with un-moderated garbage that drives everybody away and makes reddit lose ad revenue. Going dark for a couple days isn't going to hurt reddit financially bad enough for them to reverse their API fee plans.

Making a statement online isn't typically terribly effective at causing change.

👤 midnitewarrior
My alternative is taking a break from Reddit for awhile in support of the protest and to remember what life was like before it took all my attention.
👤 satvikpendem
I've been on https://tildes.net a lot. https://www.themotte.org/ is also interesting.
👤 easytiger
Go fishing or play golf, would be my genuine advice