Just found "snapzu" --- where have you been all my life?
Ever since the Ellen Pao fiasco I have been bouncing around hopeless cloneternatives (voat, hubski, empeopled and other pathetic excuses for alternatives) hoping to find a place that will some day dethrone reddit and in the process create something better. Today is the day I think I found what I was looking for, however, I have an obvious --- but --- serious question:
Why the f**k is this place so unknown? Why did it take me 3 years to discover "snapzu" when there are members here all the way back from 2012? Do people here just hope this place stays a secret forever? whats the deal?
Anyway I'm here because a buddy decided to save my last remaining shred of sanity and sent me an invite code to give this place a spin. Glad I took him up on his offer and now I'm here. Happy to meet you all whoever you may be.
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The first rule of Snapzu, we do not talk about Snapzu. Welcome!
Heya! Welcome to the club!
Shhh! If someone from Circlejerk finds out about this place we're screwed.
Oh god please dont let that happen.
Welcome. Hope to see you around.
I'm part of the 2012 crowd and it really doesn't feel like that long ago. Keep it mind it was REALLY late 2012.
I too belong to the "2012" club (joined in December). This place has changed a lot since those days.
I'm excited to be here too, this looks like it could be an awesome place!
Welcome drowner! Great to have you with us!
Hello /u/sugartoad and welcome to the best kept secret on the web! I think...
Welcome!
New user/former redditor reporting in - recently found this place as well. Hoping for the best.
Welcome dude, good to have you!
Welcome dudette/dude or other. I think you will like it here.
Be welcome! I am a recent user as well. Still learning about it (at my own slow pace...).
Welcome /u/sigourney, great to have you here!
Welcome to Snapzu, /u/sugartoad ! I went through almost exactly the same site-hopping you did. I went to Voat, Hubski, and 3tags. I found that none of them cut it; it seemed like most of the 'reddit alternatives' were just trying to rip-off reddit. Snapzu has its own feel to it. The platform is pretty flexible; it could be something like reddit or something like Facebook. It just depends on how you use it. I think that's great.
Thanks for the welcome, and yeah you hit the nail on the head with your reddit/facebook comparison --- this is exactly why I find this place so promising, they approach the concept of content differently and give us the means to be more than a cog in the system.
I joined last fall and have enjoyed playing around with levels of involvement and contribution styles. I claimed the alaska tribe since I appear to be the only active member from Alaska. However, I don't post much in the form of content. I seem to have found that I am more comfortable with being involved in the discussions. If you like to comment, please join in on the discussion!