Discuit just went open source, could federation be next? - eviltoast

Announcement post here: https://discuit.substack.com/p/df5f002f-e27a-46a6-b30d-7641b266bd65

https://discuit.net/

For those unfamiliar, Discuit is another Reddit alternative that’s been floating around for a while. I was unable to find a MAU count, but I am honestly more interested in their software than their communities. Particularly curious what you all think of this stack. A consistent complaint around Lemmy is that a Rust backend makes contribution difficult, will a Go backend contribute to a lower overall barrier of entry?

    • mrbubblesort@kbin.social
      6·
      1 year ago

      Seriously asking, not being snarky, but that looks good? It’s just a clone of new.reddit and every other SNS layout of the past 20 years.

      • spaduf@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        Honestly, I think it looks substantially cleaner than the new reddit. Also, a lot more performant, which goes a long way towards the overall vibe of the UI.

      • FaceDeer@kbin.social
        4·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, the only reason I’m still dabbling in Reddit is because they still have old.Reddit. As soon as Reddit goes to new.Reddit-only, I’m gone for good. I hate that UI.

        Lots of people seem to like it, though, so I guess more power to them if they want to use it. One of the great advantages of the Fediverse is not having gatekeeping on the interface.