Reddit hosts diverse forums for sharing news and opinions, driven by its large user data collection. Since April 2024 Reddit is asking ID verification to everybody connecting by a VPN or Tor according Edward Snowden.
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Oddbean
A discussion site with comfortable and familiar experience, with fast loading pages and minimal distraction. The design is heavily inspired by Hacker News and Reddit.
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Satellite
A community based Reddit alternative. You can just join by your own key instead of the need of creating an account.
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Zapddit
Follow any topic you are interested in by tags as alternative to sub-reddits. A reddit-style way of browsing your interests. No account needed. People express appreciation through sending micropayments, called upzaps instead of upvotes. Sats in the Upzaps are sent to the author of the upzapped note. People express disagreement through Downzaps.
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