Most people who copy reddit are just taking it wholesale and struggle to do basic troubleshooting to keep it running. Making actual changes (likely buried under a decade of things that'll break if you touch one random aspect) would likely be more work than just starting from scratch.
Especially since most reddit-clones exist for political splinters, not people who are extremely technical minded.
Honestly, it has been nearly 20 years. Why do ZERO Reddit-like sites allow for a submissions with links, text, AND images yet?
Most people who copy reddit are just taking it wholesale and struggle to do basic troubleshooting to keep it running. Making actual changes (likely buried under a decade of things that'll break if you touch one random aspect) would likely be more work than just starting from scratch.
Especially since most reddit-clones exist for political splinters, not people who are extremely technical minded.