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    I'd say that's fair enough if I were a journalist or associated with a site in that manner.

    I did the list because the thread that I originally posted, with 19 different communities I frequent as a community manager, attracted attention and I was asked by a lot of people who frequent and run different communities. Which includes this one - to add them to a list. With the 10,000 character limit I figured it'd be more prudent to have it as a single blog post.

    Keep in mind we have no adverts on that blog and it's ran at cost to us to host it. As a viable, and more shareable version, I made a Medium version.

    I didn't expect it to get the attention I did but yes I put my startup up front because I put the time and effort into compiling that list. The Snapzu account that was used wasn't my own but if you refer to my comments further down I'm sure you can see that I'm obviously familiar with the site. This account was created purely to have an offical stance in regards to the statement I made.

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    • sobeyharker (edited 8 years ago)
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      Well it's a couple of weeks old so hey give us time haha.

      That's a fair comment but I never said I was listing the 'best' in the world just that I was making a list. If they were going to come onto our domain I'd like to give them context and keep in mind in the original list I think we were about 4th with Snapzu ahead of us. You have to realise that this list was created in response to a text post in /r/redditalternativies and the blog was used in a convenient fashion to get past the 10,000 character limit. Due to the size of the subreddit I didn't expect it to go past a circulation of a few hundred. Maybe a thousand at a pinch.

      However as the medium one was picked up and was spammed by vengeful people who aren't a fan of Reddit's new policies (because there's no other list or resource readily to hand that list sites in such a fashion) it saw widespread circulation.

      We're not your competitor, and nor would I like us to be, as I don't see a reason why most of these sites can't coexist and achieve what they're setting out to do.

      In response to your rebuttal though I stand by own in which I state that I posted this list to get past the character limit and to help share a resource to a community I'm very active in. Spending even $1 towards hosting is more than anyone else ever does and the fact I go out of my way to list a LOT of viable alternatives highlights that too.