Ask HN: If HN didn't exist, which other community would you default to?

16 pointsorschiro6y ago16 comments

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Reddit, lobsters, some of the HN clones also get a bit of traffic so I might aggregate them somehow.

I like reddit because you join the ones that gel with your tolerance of sillyness. I like a bit of humour but not a chain of 100 replies to a fart joke.

EGKW6y ago

Old Reddit, with limited/selected subReddits, no thumbnails.

highhedgehog6y ago

What subs? I find that reddit is increasingly just bullshit

Fsp2WFuH6y ago

One that I'm working on myself and too afraid to post publicly. The people on this site are not my target audience either.

ps. There's no one on it but me.

CM306y ago

Probably one of my own communities. Hell, maybe I'd set up that universe's equivalent of Hacker News or something, rather than it being a Ycombinator project.

return16y ago

subreddits with strong moderation are indistinguishable from hn

also indiehackers.com

blinky14566y ago

I rarely visit anymore since the partial redesign. For one thing the page loads are very long, with an annoying splash page.

Two, the endless scroll, but they have your profile button on the footer and other essential links? How has that not been brought up?

The site overall has annoying and bad ux.

Makes me wonder if the site has essentially been abandoned by the owner. At the least it is neglected.

return16y ago

For a minute i thought you were talking about reddit's undesign. Yeah Indiehacker has almost comically bad UI but you're more likely to find people that are hustling there. HN is more about corporate office politics.

newen6y ago

I couldn't tell which site you were referring to at first lol. Indiehackers is particularly unbrowsable, even though I tried browsing it using different browsers multiple times. It's slow and very glitchy.

k__6y ago

indiehackers.com was nice once, but now it seems to be full of non-technical "hustlers" who want to make the quick buck. Not "hacker" focused anymore.

return16y ago

> Not "hacker" focused anymore.

neither is HN to be frank

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leemailll6y ago

/. for old trolls reddit to ctach up new ones

nathanasmith6y ago

The soylentnews.org community seems to be growing well as another take on the /. formula.

eldodo6y ago

lobste.rs

jstewartmobile6y ago

shhh. you'll turn it into HN.

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quickthrower26y ago

Reddit, lobsters, some of the HN clones also get a bit of traffic so I might aggregate them somehow.

I like reddit because you join the ones that gel with your tolerance of sillyness. I like a bit of humour but not a chain of 100 replies to a fart joke.

EGKW6y ago

Old Reddit, with limited/selected subReddits, no thumbnails.

highhedgehog6y ago

What subs? I find that reddit is increasingly just bullshit

Fsp2WFuH6y ago

One that I'm working on myself and too afraid to post publicly. The people on this site are not my target audience either.

ps. There's no one on it but me.

CM306y ago

Probably one of my own communities. Hell, maybe I'd set up that universe's equivalent of Hacker News or something, rather than it being a Ycombinator project.

return16y ago

subreddits with strong moderation are indistinguishable from hn

also indiehackers.com

blinky14566y ago

I rarely visit anymore since the partial redesign. For one thing the page loads are very long, with an annoying splash page.

Two, the endless scroll, but they have your profile button on the footer and other essential links? How has that not been brought up?

The site overall has annoying and bad ux.

Makes me wonder if the site has essentially been abandoned by the owner. At the least it is neglected.

return16y ago

newen6y ago

k__6y ago

indiehackers.com was nice once, but now it seems to be full of non-technical "hustlers" who want to make the quick buck. Not "hacker" focused anymore.

return16y ago

> Not "hacker" focused anymore.

neither is HN to be frank

1 more reply

leemailll6y ago

/. for old trolls reddit to ctach up new ones

nathanasmith6y ago

The soylentnews.org community seems to be growing well as another take on the /. formula.

eldodo6y ago

lobste.rs

jstewartmobile6y ago

shhh. you'll turn it into HN.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse