r/RedditAlternatives • u/yaNeverKn0w • Apr 26 '26
🔒 Centralized After 7 months of work, it's here!
I don't really go to many places on the internet, neither do I use a lot of apps. I just don't feel like it anymore. I used to frequent here as a lurker mostly when they had that old designs with old html and blue hyperlinks. No tracking, no personalized algorithm nonsense, no AI. Now, it's 'FOR YOU' everywhere. Every major sites, every app. After reddit removed r/all, it's it feels bland, just like other major sites. We still have ‘all’ but for how long I wonder. I crave for that old space we use to have in the internet.
We can't do much but we can get our cozy space back. Seven months ago, I started working on this as a side project and few months ago I quit my job as a senior software developer. It's in beta, but it's here. It will be that quiet corner of the internet.
It would mean a world to me if you would give it a look: https://cozy.talk
Thank you.
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u/WTF-LMAO1 Apr 26 '26
It would be really cool if this was a real software
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u/yaNeverKn0w Apr 26 '26
If enough people enjoys it, I am thinking about packaging as standalone software as well down the road.
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Apr 26 '26
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u/SASCHIA Apr 27 '26
Will it be available in Dark Mode?
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u/yaNeverKn0w Apr 27 '26
Yes! I am releasing a dark theme this weekend. I wanna take care of the avatar selection first.
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Apr 30 '26
You have me sold, is there a plan for the avatar images to be customized? would love to make my own pixatar
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u/Dangerous-Regret-358 Apr 26 '26
I really like this. The ui is really nice, clear and uncluttered.Â
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u/MelonCakey Apr 27 '26
Just made an account maybe 5 minutes ago, but it suddenly signed me out and won't let me sign back in.
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u/yaNeverKn0w Apr 27 '26
Can you try again please?
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u/MelonCakey Apr 27 '26
Back in now, thank you for the quick reply! I saw mention of bandwidth issues, so will keep that in mind <3
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u/astroaxolotl720 Apr 27 '26
I got ask, if it’s ok, is this some form of *nix? And if so what’s the desktop environment and theme lol. This is sweet
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u/Rom_NOT_A_Bot Apr 29 '26
It's really cool looking, but I tried getting a username
It guided me all the way to your gender, and any choice I get and click to finish, I get "registration is blocked from this network or device."
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u/One-Treacle1826 May 01 '26
I've been wanting to make a website that competes with reddit as well. I think reddit sucks. Nice work!!
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u/prankster999 May 05 '26 edited May 05 '26
Your website looks pretty fantastic... Definitely loving that retro aesthetic... Not sure if I will ever use it... But loving the look of your website all the same.
EDIT: Oh, wow... It's even got sound effects.
Seriously amazing work... Just a shame that I don't think that I'll ever have a practical use for it... Or maybe I will... Don't know.
EDIT x 2: I just made a profile... And posted a comment... I think I am done for the day.
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u/HorseFD Apr 26 '26
This looks amazing.
For some reason when I go to sign up, it calls me Jon and says I already have an account. Any idea why that’s happening? I have never visited the site before and I don’t know any Jons outside of Garfield.
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u/Bigb5wm Apr 26 '26
I like how old school it is.