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9 Post author: Stabilizer 27 September 2013 07:28AM

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Comment author: Randaly 27 September 2013 07:33:17AM 1 point [-]

please consider converting your blog into a forum-blog in the style of LW.

This strikes me as somewhat technically difficult: AFAIK, there's no equivalent of Wordpress for Reddit's source code.

Comment author: Stabilizer 27 September 2013 07:37:08AM 0 points [-]

Then my appeal to LW's masters: please consider releasing an open-source toolkit that allows the creation of blogs based on the LW format.

Comment author: David_Gerard 27 September 2013 07:49:58AM 7 points [-]

The source is on Github. It's open source (under the whacky licence Reddit chose, but it's OSI-approved).

Comment author: Stabilizer 27 September 2013 07:54:49AM 1 point [-]

Awesome!

Comment author: Viliam_Bur 27 September 2013 11:00:00AM 0 points [-]

Alternatively, someone could write a new software with those parts of functionality that contribute to LW success. The most important part is the karma mechanism; all other parts are just "nice to have" and can be added later. You need the karma mechanism... and a good community with rational moderator.

So if the LW source code seems too difficult for some people, creating a new code (possibly in a new programming language) remains an option.

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