1 yr. ago • 100%

I created a reader for the AskHistorians reddit archives

ask-historians-archive.netlify.app AskHistorians Archive Observer

An archive viewer for reddit.

After the whole reddit API fiasco, I wanted a way to browse the AskHistorians subreddit on my phone without using the reddit app or website. It also bugged me to have all this valuable information on a site that might make it disappear on a whim.

So, I present to you the AskHistorians Archive. It allows you to browse past submissions to the subreddit, it's ad-free, works on mobile, loads fast, and works without JS.

For now, it only contains some of the most recent posts up until 2022-12-31, but I'm planning to upload more over time.

I hope this is useful to some - happy to hear and implement any feedback!

Reddit @lemmy.world I created a user-friendly reader for AskHistorians, using the pushshift archives

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Thanks for this! Ask Historians was the one thing that made me really hesitate to completely cut ties with Reddit.

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I feel like a lot of other reference subs could use this treatment, too.

Technical subs, particularly, would be a great target for something like this. /r/homelab is, in my experience, one of the most reliable sources for solid information when playing around with and setting up home infra, and I’d love an alternative that didn’t push Reddit’s engagement numbers up.

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