Where would you go if HN becomes bad?

11 pointsorangeyjuicey4y ago14 comments

Right now, HN is my favorite source of new information and I really like it.

But I think places like these can have a tendency to become bad, which might happen too far into the future for the alternative to already exist, but given that I feel it's taken a long time in my life to find this website, I wouldn't mind having a list somewhere of websites to try if I ever feel like this one isn't fun anymore.

So the question is, if HN was suddenly down, where do you think we would all go? (and maybe, where do you think we should go?)

14 comments

methusala84y ago

Twitter is useful if one is able to avoid toxic conversations.

My policy is to mute certain words/people which trigger hostile exchange. With this mechanism in place, I have been able to follow a few interesting voices.

throwAwayFr4y ago

Implying HN isn't already bad?

joshxyz4y ago

its still good (as someone who found this site just couple years ago) but every once in a while someone links an old thread, you're partially right.

uyt4y ago

It's just selection bias. If those threads weren't great they wouldn't be linked. A better test would be to use wayback machine to look at a random date's front page and its threads.

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thinkingemote4y ago

I would go back to real world meetups. Remember Linux user groups?

simonblack4y ago

I keep looking at 'Lobsters'. However it's a bit more 'tech' than HN.

the_only_law4y ago

It’s also invite only.

I used to roll my eyes at some of the things I saw on there, such as suggestions to freeze invites or to cull users, allegedly to keep the site high quality) but frankly I’m now wondering if those are the only sort of methods to achieve that.

joshxyz4y ago

> So the question is, if HN was suddenly down, where do you think we would all go? (and maybe, where do you think we should go?)

nowhere lol lets be honest, but if its consistently down you can expect peeps here tweeting about it, haha.

global sites offline? check hn.

hn offline? check twitter.

lol

xet74y ago

For me, I'm happily at paywalled https://lunduke.locals.com of https://lunduke.com . Paywall keeps trolls away.

At HN/Reddit/Slashdot, there is flagging/downvoting etc, so it's hard to discuss something, like even asking about some normal technical question. It's possble to see something at HN new page, that will soon be flagged, disappear, downvoted etc. I would like to add comment to some flagged HN article, because for me it's important topic, but it's not possible because it's flagged.

tmaly4y ago

I would fall back to usenet

mattowen_uk4y ago

Some of the comp.* groups are starting to get proper activity now that the spammers have all left.

forcry4y ago

> Right now, HN is my favorite source of new information and I really like it.

I know this is not what you asked, but find a library. Nothing that is online is trustworthy anymore.

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Where would you go if HN becomes bad?

11 pointsorangeyjuicey4y ago14 comments

Right now, HN is my favorite source of new information and I really like it.

So the question is, if HN was suddenly down, where do you think we would all go? (and maybe, where do you think we should go?)

14 comments

methusala84y ago

Twitter is useful if one is able to avoid toxic conversations.

My policy is to mute certain words/people which trigger hostile exchange. With this mechanism in place, I have been able to follow a few interesting voices.

throwAwayFr4y ago

Implying HN isn't already bad?

joshxyz4y ago

its still good (as someone who found this site just couple years ago) but every once in a while someone links an old thread, you're partially right.

uyt4y ago

It's just selection bias. If those threads weren't great they wouldn't be linked. A better test would be to use wayback machine to look at a random date's front page and its threads.

2 more replies

thinkingemote4y ago

I would go back to real world meetups. Remember Linux user groups?

simonblack4y ago

I keep looking at 'Lobsters'. However it's a bit more 'tech' than HN.

the_only_law4y ago

It’s also invite only.

joshxyz4y ago

> So the question is, if HN was suddenly down, where do you think we would all go? (and maybe, where do you think we should go?)

nowhere lol lets be honest, but if its consistently down you can expect peeps here tweeting about it, haha.

global sites offline? check hn.

hn offline? check twitter.

lol

xet74y ago

For me, I'm happily at paywalled https://lunduke.locals.com of https://lunduke.com . Paywall keeps trolls away.

tmaly4y ago

I would fall back to usenet

mattowen_uk4y ago

Some of the comp.* groups are starting to get proper activity now that the spammers have all left.

forcry4y ago

> Right now, HN is my favorite source of new information and I really like it.

I know this is not what you asked, but find a library. Nothing that is online is trustworthy anymore.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse