[tester457]

Have you seen Tildes?

- incredible moderation and respectful community

- you can't sort by controversial

- non-profit, no investors can corrupt it

- beautifully simple UI, better than old.reddit on mobile

- fast and not decentralized

- no images just text

- open source

- The site is the main mobile interface, not an app

- No limits to logged-out browsing

- Completely functional for browsing without javascript

- Zero third-party scripts/assets during normal use

- Uses modern versions of simple, reliable, "boring" technology

https://docs.tildes.net/philosophy/site-implementation

[542458]

That's by far the best Reddit alternative I've seen. Still, I feel that "no images just text" and "invite only" (although I 100% respect the rationale for both) make this a non-starter for any sort of mass-migration.

[Engineering-MD]

I’m interested in trying it. Do you have an invite link by any chance?

[mostlysimilar]

I can send you an invite if you put a means of communication on your profile for me to reach out to.

[Engineering-MD]

Please see updated profile and many thanks

[mostlysimilar]

Sent!

[ohghiZai]

Interested to get on tildes too.

Wondering if you still have any invites to send my way?

Email in profile. Thanks!

[hawski]

Why inability to sort by controversial is seen as a positive?

[tester457]

Prevents a community of people awarded for throwing rotten vegetables at people like Twitter and Reddit.

> I also notice that there is no such thing as sort by controversy

> This is one of the things I like about Tildes so far. An option like that is specifically designed for hate. I want to spend my time on these sites talking with other nerds about homelab stuff and niche 30 year old RPGs no one cares about. Not feel the urge to constantly validate myself by looking at comments people are metaphorically laughing at for being ridiculous

https://tildes.net/~tech/15v5/stop_trying_to_make_a_good_soc...

[whynaut]

> An option like that is specifically designed for hate

This is very short-sighted, I feel. The controversial comments often have the most interesting discussions, and helps to avoid the issue of the top-voted comment being a popular, but incorrect, view/discussion where all the activity happens.

[hawski]

Some threads on Reddit represent an echo chamber and I like then to sort by controversial to check if there are also people with a bit more divergent opinion. I was not aware of this being a wider problem for people.

[AndrewKemendo]

This looks interesting for sure thanks for the link

[Goronmon]

I want to like Tildes, but to be completely honest, it annoys me that the '~' character is used heavily. Both from a look perspective and a typing perspective.

Maybe I could get used to it overtime, but we'll see if it ever becomes non-invite-only.