to which "somehow similar" can be elaborated to match one's politics and strategic objectives:
"It is better than reddit, lobste.rs or Hacker News, because it is federated; you subscribe..."
"It is better than reddit, lobste.rs or Hacker News, because it is not bound to commercial interests; you subscribe..."
"It is better than reddit, lobste.rs or Hacker News, because it is 100% free/libre software; you subscribe..."
etc.
realcaseyrollins 2 years ago
But by saying "it's a Reddit alternative" wouldn't that potentially bring in some miffed users from Reddit who otherwise wouldn't have considered or joined the site?