Comment by ErroneousBosh
11 hours ago
> the digg/reddit comment tree format is a clear improvement in the sense that it makes it easier to find and track interesting discussions
I think it makes a distinction between "thing that we are discussing with multiple conversations", and oldschool forums where each thread is "thing that we are having a conversation about".
Are there any self-hostable forums that work like digg/reddit/HN?
>Are there any self-hostable forums that work like digg/reddit/HN?
Here is a HN clone I made.
https://gitlab.com/here_forawhile/torum
Oh that looks awesome, I'll have a play!
Im having fun with it, even though my instance is just me.
I have one running 24/7 on my cell. In my about page I detail where to find it...No one has made post though. I thought at least one curious person may post but no avail yet haha. I also am pretty sure any considerable load may not fair well beyond 3-5 people connecting at one time with these resources.
Right now the most useful thing about it is just browsing the HN mirror and the ability to search HN from any of my devices. Having a live DB of HN served from my own device has is fun.
If I recall correctly most forum software such as phpBB and vBulletin had an option where you could toggle between viewing a thread in nested BBS/Usenet style or the newer linear view.