MetaFilter Alternatives

MetaFilter is described as 'Weblog that anyone can contribute a link or comment to. A typical weblog is one person posting their thoughts on the unique things they find on the web. This website exists to break down the barriers between people, to extend a weblog beyond just one person, and to foster' and is a Social News in the news & books category. There are more than 25 alternatives to MetaFilter, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Android, iPhone, Android Tablet and iPad apps. The best MetaFilter alternative is Reddit, which is free. Other great sites and apps similar to MetaFilter are Medium, Hacker News, Digg and Mbin.

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  1. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
  2. Nonio icon
     2 likes

    Nonio is a Reddit-like platform that gives directly back to content creators. Nonio takes a small portion of subscription costs to run the service and anything over that is split evenly between everything users upvote that month.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  3. Telescope icon
     11 likes

    Telescope is a writing and publishing platform. It offers a beautiful and minimal text editor, it doesn't ask your personal details, it features a bunch of cool content distribution mechanisms, and fast and nice-looking content pages.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  4. AnyChan icon
     5 likes

    AnyChan is a simple image-based bulletin board where anyone can post comments and share images. There are boards dedicated to a variety of topics, from Japanese animation and culture to videogames, music, technology and photography.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Online
     
  5. Fountain.ink icon
     2 likes

    Fountain is a batteries-included, self-hostable platform that reimagines digital publishing for the decentralized web. Designed as a web3-native alternative to Medium, Substack, and Mirror, Fountain gives creators true ownership of their content and audience.

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. Wizardchan icon
     3 likes

    Wizardchan is a Japanese-inspired imageboard for male virgins to share their thoughts and discuss their interests and lifestyle as a virgin.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  7. Snapzu icon
     15 likes

    Snapzu is basically reddit alternative. It is a bit better looking, and the community is rather small so far, but growing. Official description: Snapzu is a platform for web content creation, aggregation & discovery, where users like you help provide content and decide what...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  8.  1 like

    An Alternative Medium Frontend.

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    • Online
     
  9. A Reddit-inspired platform for gamers with a karma system, offering post trends and comment popularity. Discuss games, memes, and news while enjoying upvotes, downvotes, user subscriptions, and free speech. Customize feeds and explore trending topics with user-generated content.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
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