PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 7 months agoWhat are the best features of Lemmy that aren't available in Reddit?message-squaremessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWhat are the best features of Lemmy that aren't available in Reddit?PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square54fedilink
minus-squareKalash@feddit.chlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-27 months ago this is a pretty reasonable answer The topic specifically asks for features that are NOT availible on reddit.
minus-squareZeroCool@feddit.chlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoYes, and third party clients, specifically alternate web UIs are not available on Reddit.
minus-squareKalash@feddit.chlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-27 months agoYou 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
minus-squareOtter@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoIt 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
minus-squareDeceptichum@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoDoes reddit have user editable front ends you can host yourself?
minus-squareDeceptichum@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoOoh cool. https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends Apparently a lot of stuff does. I know what I’m spending my weekend looking into.
minus-squareZeroCool@feddit.chlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoNone of those work anymore after the API changes. Which is the entire point of my original comment.
The topic specifically asks for features that are NOT availible on reddit.
Yes, and third party clients, specifically alternate web UIs are not available on Reddit.
But they are …
Can you mention one then?
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
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
Does reddit have user editable front ends you can host yourself?
Yes.
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.
None of those work anymore after the API changes. Which is the entire point of my original comment.