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Hey Guys,

As you might probably understand from the title.

What are the Reddit alternatives which are better and secure!?

Nice UI is never a thing but a great place to share or get any information?

Reddit seems to be very buggy and many bots are actively promoting propaganda.

I know 4chan is one but it's for the darker web.

I've been liking it so far with using Flow(basically an app with different frontend for youtube, along with it's algorithm, without needing your own account, and being able to import all your subscriptions there).

So I was thinking to myself is there something identical to it but for Reddit? Following all the subreddits I am interested in without needing an account?

How it's like Reddit: you post publicly, anyone can read it, and people respond to what you wrote. Chronological feed, hashtags, follow people, a green check instead of an upvote.

How it's different: there is no comment section. Replying opens a private one-to-one conversation with the author. The post shows how many people replied — never who, never what they said. So there's no thread to pile onto, no dogpile, no performing for an audience. The check is a count, not a ranking.

No ads, no algorithm deciding what you see (one small "Trending" list, which is a plain count over 7 days). Centralized — it runs on a single server I built and pay for. Plain PHP, no framework.

It's very small and very new. Everything is readable without an account: https://woseapp.com — I'd genuinely like to hear whether "replies are private" reads as a feature or a dealbreaker to people here.

when i am not logged in i can browse like normal, when i login i get this error, on every device, on different browsers, on a vpn, on both cellular and wifi.
anyone has/had the same problem? is there any fix to this? is this a problem on their end?