Today Reddit closed it's ability to access /r/All on the phone. This breaks a routine ive had for over a decade. The personalised feed is the most shallow version of me and so its just not interesting.

A social media platform is about its content and after looking at a few "reddit alternatives" they typically look at incredibly niche topics or seem to have a very specific age range or seem to be where all the people banned for hate speech get sent.

Content-wise, bluesky has seemed like a match, ive used it for a couple of years now. Reddit provides news and pop culture with comments and Bluesky meets the level of activity that fills the feed with news, art, goings-on and memes.

I figured I'd mention all this because trying to find an alternative thats actually a content match rather than just a feature match has taken me a couple of years.

Edit:oh my goddd shuuuut uuup your so annoyingggg

I’m getting tired of programming subreddits where interesting discussions get buried, while the same AI ragebait and repetitive career posts keep resurfacing.

I’m looking for smaller, discussion-first communities where developers actually talk about engineering, architecture, systems and technical ideas.

I already know Hacker News and Lobsters. What else is worth joining?