throat VS Lobsters

Throat is a pretty decent open source project for running a Reddit-alike forum, without all the fediverse bloat: https://github.com/Phuks-co/throat

For Reddit alternatives, it looks like https://saidit.net/ (https://github.com/libertysoft3/saidit) and https://phuks.co/ (https://github.com/Phuks-co/throat) could be viable alternatives. They're open source, have the UX features we desire (threaded, voting, sorting, collapsing).

Nice find, it looks like https://saidit.net/ and https://github.com/Phuks-co/throat could be viable alternatives, I'll add them to the list later

Phuks

Why write your own software? https://github.com/Phuks-co/throat

There's actually a few like-minded people involved. It is built off the top of a modified Phuks.co repo (GitHub).

> On another note, I do not understand why all these banned subreddits that try to migrate to their own site always try to create their own software.

Not all. The admins of Ovarit [1] decided to use Throat [2] rather than roll their own from scratch. By all accounts, it's working very well for them.

[1] https://ovarit.com

[2] https://github.com/Phuks-co/throat, forked to https://gitlab.com/feminist-conspiracy/throat

var req2 = http.GetStringAsync("https://lobste.rs");

"I actually wish we had a hacker community like this without the business/startup side at all"

Sounds like you want https://lobste.rs

Well, there's https://lobste.rs/, or we could all go back to slashdot I guess

Requesting https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters as I'm going through that codebase and would be able to provide feedback. cheers

ps. just gonna second everyone else who's saying being able to edit out incorrect data is very important, otherwise people are gonna be weary of reading repos they aren't already familiar with.

> Hacker News, but also lobster.rs

First time I hear about it. I think you meant https://lobste.rs