Right now it doesn’t seem to try to replicate any of them. It doesn’t have groups nor a follower system.
Will be interesting to watch how this evolves. Marketers seem to say it's useful to define an enemy as an underdog and Reddit seems like a more natural fit given SN is more forum and community based (Bitcoin.. eventually subs?) rather than creator/personality based at the moment. There's also the contrast between the worthlessness of reddit karma vs sats. I'm by far a net spender on this site but it really makes me feel like my upvotes are worth something meaningful.
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Its Hacker News but for Stackers.
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Not "competitor" but the reddit killer... is a big difference. Twatter is dead anyway.
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I think Subs, which SN has one of so far, ~jobs, are / will be loosely equivalent to Groups.
Here are some recent discussions on that:
Could SN be made even better with dedicated subforums? #21863
lobste.rs is a good website for ideas/improvements for SN. #22630
SN improvement idea: tags #22343
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Feels like a new animal to me
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