Build a Better Reddit

When Reddit first started, it aimed to be ‘the front page of the internet.’ However, that guiding mission has gone off the tracks.

Reddit has become a casualty of the very internet business it stood against, breaking its commitment to its community. Its inability to provide an optimum user experience, failure to build a sustainable business, and reinvent itself as a tech platform has caused widespread disappointment and frustration. It has now committed itself to take its community and third-party developers down with it.

By charging exorbitant fees for user-generated content (which is ours by the way), Reddit has built a gatekeeper model that solely benefits large-scale, profit-driven corporations at the expense of the community, leaving thousands of unpaid community moderators helpless while turning a blind eye to our ongoing protest.

This Reddit fiasco reveals a deeper problem - the inherent flaws of centralized social networks. Much like Twitter and Facebook, Reddit is taking over another part of our internet away from us and selling it for profit.

An open-source digital forum that’s owned and governed by the community, would not allow any centralized authority to conduct a digital heist of our content and communities.

If you’re a Reddit community member, moderator, or third-party developer, sign this manifesto and unite with us! Let’s build a better forum together, a forum that works for the community, allows universal access to developers, and prioritizes transparency, community governance, and users’ interests above profits.

We will not rest until we have a community-governed and -owned, and openly accessible Reddit.

Sign Manifesto

Our Core Values and Pillars

Community Governance

Transparency & Voting

A forum without its communities is nothing but a hollow shell. No longer will decisions about the growth and development of our forum be made behind closed doors. Moderators, developers, and other stakeholders will govern the platform by voting for changes we believe in.

Fair Distribution

We can only grow together as long as we ALL can grow together. Moderators and community members will claim their fair share of the platform revenue, as determined by a community vote.

Independence

Communities can self-determine their advertising and moderation policies, avoiding a blanket set of platform rules and fostering pluralism.

Self-Sustainability

Instead of profit maximization, our bottom line is self-sustainability and expanding financial and technological resources available to the community. The community will govern the treasury.

User-Ownership

Your data, your choice. Never again will a user be forced to relinquish their identity, content, or connections. Community-approved developers will have open access, and users will go to the application that provides them with the best experience.

Easy Transition

We understand that transitioning from one platform to another can be a daunting task. Pick up your Reddit journey where you left off. Login with your Reddit account and seamlessly migrate your Karma points, subreddits, posts, and more to your new account.

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