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You guys should check out the reddit clone I've been working on (matrix.gvid.tv)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It's sort of a different concept. Posts and users also have position in addition to age and score. The sorting algorithm gives you complete control over how much to weight each one. It's like if new and hot existed on a continuous spectrum. It's sort of like what Aaron Swartz initially wanted to do with Reddit where what you like would be able to inform what you might like in the future. But in this case you get complete control over how much that matters.

I'm adding bits and knobs here and there every day. Yesterday I added the ability to have posts that are hidden from the front page. It's probably not a feature people will use every day but it's there if someone wants it and it's things like that I'm working on every day. In a little bit I'm going to add a "post whenever" feature in case someone wants to post a ton of content and have it actually post over time.

I'd say all and all the project has been a success for what I wanted to do with it and I'm happy with what I've built. The other side of it is trying to build community on the site. For example we do a movie night once a week on Saturdays.

Oh. Another thing that is different to most reddit clones is that every community exists. Like you don't have to create a community to post to it. Just post to it. Different capitalization maps to the same community.

You guys should check it out. It would be super awesome if anynone wants to help fill in the more obscure topics.

https://matrix.gvid.tv

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I'm always interested in looking into alternative social media networks ... especially decentralized ones that are more open - open to everything (without devolving into extremist communities) and also open source

It would be nice to know what the background on your project is ... is it open source? is it a team of people? is it just you?

What are your metrics and stats? .. How many users are on there so far? .. How do you sign up and are there any restrictions?

Also, how is it moderated? .. or is it moderated?

And if it has no restrictions or moderation ... it's not a big deal when the community is small but over time as the numbers grow, moderation of some sort is necessary or the whole thing will just devolve into a mess.

Also, in this day in age, everyone is a lot more skeptical of one another ... so an important question for me is ... who are you? what is your background? where are you from? .... (and obviously, I don't mean for you to completely dox yourself but just to give a general idea of who you are as a person and a bit of your history)