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News for nerds, stuff that matters. Slashdot (aka /.) is a technology-related news and discussion site with a focus on Linux, free and open source software and information freedom and privacy issues. The software it runs on, called Slashcode, is open source.

Lobsters is a technology-focused link-aggregation site. The site is driven by Ruby on Rails with the source code being freely available for those seeking to create a site similar to Reddit or Hackernews.

Snapzu is basically reddit alternative. It is a bit better looking, and the community is rather small so far, but growing. Official description: Snapzu is a platform for web content creation, aggregation & discovery, where users like you help provide content and decide what goes, what stays and what stands out by using community approval.

Empeopled is an online social platform connecting people through high-quality conversations about their shared interests. It serves as a merit-based filter for whom and what users want to know on the Internet. It is a uniquely transparent path to getting recognition and being heard.

News aggregation site that deliver articles about technology, science, and general interest.

Linkibl is where you can discover and share the Internet'smost interesting content every day.

TopTopic is an online community where members earn revenue from their posts, comments and moderation activities. Rather than run ads, we use member up-voting (no down-voting) to both raise the exposure of content, and drive revenue to the creators.

ZapChain is a collection of communities where you can earn Bitcoin for posting great content and joining discussions.

Democratic non-profit news aggregator.

We wanted to offer a totally open and level publishing platform for decentralized grassroots journalism and general political discourse.

An unmoderated discussion forum anyone can join.

ForumPromotion.com; a bookmarking & social networking curation hub, but also the easiest way to discover new and interesting forums across the Web. Anyone can submit, vote up/down, and comment on links. The most trusted forum promotion platform & topic curation community. All The best message board threads, all in one place. 100% free!

Twincl is characterized by forum (including link sharing), Q&A, review and blog sites, using CommonMark as its writing format. Twincl features innovative Markdown editing, topic trees, voting/remarks, selected posts, senior authors, logarithmic scales, and more.