Hacker News AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Social Networks

The best Social Network alternative to Hacker News is Lemmy, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Hacker News and many of them are Social Networks so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Social Network alternatives to Hacker News are Reddit, Mbin, Steemit and SaidIt.net.

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  1. Lemmy icon
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    Lemmy is similar to sites like Reddit, Lobste.rs, or Hacker News: you subscribe to forums you're interested in, post links and discussions, then vote, and comment on them. Behind the scenes, it is very different; anyone can easily run a server, and all these servers are...

    76 Lemmy alternatives

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    Similar topics and similar user interface.

    • Lemmy is Free and Open SourceHacker News is Free and Proprietary
    • Lemmy is Privacy focused and MinimalisticHacker News is not according to our users
  2. Reddit icon
     595 likes

    An extensive platform for user-shared content and discussions, organized into niche 'subreddits' across numerous interests like news and video games, with a dynamic voting system influencing what appears on the front page.

    197 Reddit alternatives

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    • Online
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    • Tor
     
  3. Mbin icon
     12 likes

    Mbin: a federated content aggregator, voting, discussion and microblogging platform (By the community, for the community).

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  4. Steemit icon
     104 likes

    A non-censored social platform where users are incentivized to contribute and curate content. The users decide what is valuable by voting, and content regarded valuable is rewarded with money.

    110 Steemit alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
  5. SaidIt.net icon
     45 likes

    Uncensored free speech alternative to the extreme Reddit and Voat forums, democratically civilized by Graham's Debate Pyramid, no illegal transactions nor porn. Truth-seeking anti-corruption news are among the popular themes. Android app, iOS soon.

    129 SaidIt.net alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  6. Tildes icon
     16 likes

    A non-profit community site driven by its users' interests.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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  7. Kontxt icon
     9 likes

    Kontxt is an inline communication and engagement tool that adds live collaboration and interactivity to digital content. Enterprise productivity. Remote education. Site owner revenue. Personal social news aggregation, rating, sharing, and discussion.

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    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Wordpress
     
  8. PeakD icon
     5 likes

    An uncensorable social media platform based on the decentralized Hive blockchain.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  9. Raddle icon
     22 likes

    Unsatisfied with the few link sharing communities that were available and their proprietary, untransparent and non-secure nature, ziq made the original raddle.me (then known as raddit.me) with Wordpress, but it had a lot of limitations.

    92 Raddle alternatives

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  10. Ecency icon
     Like

    Ecency is a Decentralized, opensource, rewarding, communities, non-censored social platform where users are incentivized to contribute and curate content. The users decide what is valuable by voting and content is rewarded with cryptocurrencies.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  11. Den.social icon
     3 likes

    den.social is a decentralized reddit-like community, where people can post inside "Lairs" akin to subreddits, and govern each lairs via votes.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
  12. Upvoto icon
     3 likes

    A link aggregator that respects your freedom of speech, opinion and expression. No advertising or analytics code or trackers. No special priority to any particular communities, groups or individuals. No building of reputation is necessary to start your first first community.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
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