Comment by TFNA
1 month ago
In the 2020s any comparable social site, even if libre, is generally people posting from smartphones, a medium that on a societal level discourages longform text and nuanced discussion. That means they will share many of Reddit's pathologies.
I'd say the best Reddit replacement now is the same replacement for most of the modern internet: Anna's Archive. Reading edifying classic literature and university-press publications is going to be superior to almost anything on the web now.
Yes, but social sites serve many other purposes too that books don't. Social sites help share information, questions, and complaints. Books are for more established knowledge, not frontier concerns.