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PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

What are the best features of Lemmy that aren't available in Reddit?

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What are the best features of Lemmy that aren't available in Reddit?

PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year ago
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    this is a pretty reasonable answer

    The topic specifically asks for features that are NOT availible on reddit.

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      Does reddit have user editable front ends you can host yourself?

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        Yes.

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          Ooh cool.

          https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends

          Apparently a lot of stuff does. I know what I’m spending my weekend looking into.

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            None of those work anymore after the API changes. Which is the entire point of my original comment.

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      Yes, and third party clients, specifically alternate web UIs are not available on Reddit.

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        But they are …

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          Can you mention one then?

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            You literally only have to type “reddit frontend” into google, but I’ll help you out.

            https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends

            https://github.com/cryptoguy55/shininggowl-reddit-clone-frontend

            https://github.com/junipf/reddit-frontend

            https://github.com/libreddit/libreddit

            https://github.com/Hoda233/SW-Frontend-Reddit

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              A lot of that functionality no longer works after the API changes. Even in the GitHub of some of those, they mention some basic features won’t work, e.g. private messages.

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                Because developers aren’t willing to pay the new API fees, not because of technical limitations. So that doesn’t take away at all from the fact that 3rd party frontends for reddit exist.

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                  That’s not entirely true. Some of the previously available API hooks literally cannot be used by third parties anymore, even if you pay. Just go look at the reddit developer posts discussing it.

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                    But also not really relevant to the initial point. Not being able to watch porn from reddit via 3rd party apps is quite different statement than there being no 3rd party apps.

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                  Wtf is wrong with you

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                    Right … something is wrong with me. Not the people argue over something that is objectivly false and can be verified in less then 15 seconds.

                    And I honestly don’t get why. Are you people so upset about reddit you’d rather deny reality just so you can claim having some feature over reddit? How fucking pathetic is that?

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                  Do you really expect the developers of those free and open source apps to pay for you using their app?

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                    No.

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                  So that doesn’t take away at all from the fact that 3rd party frontends for reddit exist.

                  I think you’re just being needlessly pedantic here

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          Link one. I’ll wait.

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            https://github.com/libreddit/libreddit

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              As of July 12th, 2023, Libreddit is currently not operational as Reddit’s API changes, that were designed to kill third-party apps and content scrapers who don’t pay large fees, went into effect. Read the full announcement here.

              Edit: Downvoting me doesn’t make you any less wrong.

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                One of the project maintainers is working towards keeping this project alive to some extent: #836

                and it’s literally just one of dozens of alternative frontends for reddit.

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                  None of which work anymore.

                  Edit: Again, downvoting me doesn’t make you any less wrong.

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                    Yes, some do still work. And libreddit would still work if you pay for the API on your instance.

                    Anyway, 3rd party apps for reddit exist, period. You can continue to deny reality on your own.

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      It was borderline, but I found it to still be true

      People made their own frontends, which could then hosted officially by the instance with the resources to go with it.

      That doesn’t happen with Reddit, where the alternative frontends are run separately and the usefulness varies

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