Fun:The Reddit clone rule

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The Reddit clone rule is an Internet rule, invented by Rabbitseatcarrots in 2022, which states:

If you create an Internet forum using Reddit's open source code, your website will be used only by people banned from Reddit.
Rabbitseatcarrots

An old version of Reddit was open-sourced, allowing anyone to fork it, remove all the Reddit branding, and have a brand new forum, ready for unleashing to the Internet. However, all forums created this way tend to have even worse administration than Reddit itself, a thing some thought to be impossible. Generally, the people banned from Reddit are people you don't want to interact with no matter what.

Saidit[edit]

Saidit (Cloudflare warning, this site is behind Cloudflare) is a Reddit clone. All you need to know about it is available on its frontpage. Not a lot of users though. Its frontpage commonly features.

And generally all the conspiracy theories you can think of.

All the .win reddit clones[edit]

These ones were born after QAnon received the boot on Reddit. donald.win, greatawakening.win, all garbage.