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Ask HN: HN is gone, now what?
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Re: Ask HN: HN is gone, now what?
#12Woohoo! I just got back an hour of time every day, just as if a day had 25 hours instead of 24.
I think the hours I spend here go towards satisfying my need to feel part of a community. Without it, I suspect I'd spend the same amount of time on another social media site.
Re: Ask HN: HN is gone, now what?
#13Lobste.rs. It's much more focused on tech/programming and the discussions there (although very few comments) often lead me to discovering new things. Although that part of it also sucks a bit because you can't comment if you're not an invited member (which I'm not). Many of the articles are found on HN first, but some are easier to see there because the front-page doesn't change as much as HN.
Drop an email in your HN profile, I'm sure someone will send you an invite. I find the quantity of comments on lobste.rs to be lacking compared to HN, they are much higher quality but there's not a lot of discussion for some reason.
Funny to see a complaint about comment quality when your comment is effectively a restatement of what parent comment said.
Not trying to be rude of course, I do this myself occasionally (my editing skills are bad on mobile in particular), but to me it’s obvious that fewer comments increases the signal-to-noise ratio.
Re: Ask HN: HN is gone, now what?
#14I started on digg, hackaday and slashdot, before moving here when those services crumbled (afaict had is still going strong, my interests changed a bit though! I think if yc fell, communities may segregate a bit into different interest groups. I’m sure there’s a few yc quality subreddit’s also, If you can stand the user hostile ux
This is similar to my experience. Slashdot, digg, reddit, then HN. HN hasn't really declined (I think I matured) but I still find some nuggets.
I'd like to see a group like early $PLACE on something like IPFS or whatever to keep the bar high enough.
Re: Ask HN: HN is gone, now what?
#15Lobste.rs. It's much more focused on tech/programming and the discussions there (although very few comments) often lead me to discovering new things. Although that part of it also sucks a bit because you can't comment if you're not an invited member (which I'm not). Many of the articles are found on HN first, but some are easier to see there because the front-page doesn't change as much as HN.
Drop an email in your HN profile, I'm sure someone will send you an invite. I find the quantity of comments on lobste.rs to be lacking compared to HN, they are much higher quality but there's not a lot of discussion for some reason.
Hmm, just did that, thanks. Been a while since I last saw my profile here, didn't realize I didn't have anything on it.
Re: Ask HN: HN is gone, now what?
#16Lobste.rs. It's much more focused on tech/programming and the discussions there (although very few comments) often lead me to discovering new things. Although that part of it also sucks a bit because you can't comment if you're not an invited member (which I'm not). Many of the articles are found on HN first, but some are easier to see there because the front-page doesn't change as much as HN.
Drop an email in your HN profile, I'm sure someone will send you an invite. I find the quantity of comments on lobste.rs to be lacking compared to HN, they are much higher quality but there's not a lot of discussion for some reason.
I would also welcome an invite to lobste.rs if anyone is able and willing to send me one. My contact is in my profile.
Thanks!
Re: Ask HN: HN is gone, now what?
#17Lobste.rs. It's much more focused on tech/programming and the discussions there (although very few comments) often lead me to discovering new things. Although that part of it also sucks a bit because you can't comment if you're not an invited member (which I'm not). Many of the articles are found on HN first, but some are easier to see there because the front-page doesn't change as much as HN.
> Lobste.rs
Isn't that for Rust users only?
Re: Ask HN: HN is gone, now what?
#18I've found an amazing community (generally not techy though) at boards.straightdope.com. Some smart folks and interesting topics from all sectors of life.
Re: Ask HN: HN is gone, now what?
#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Drop an email in your HN profile, I'm sure someone will send you an invite. I find the quantity of comments on lobste.rs to be lacking compared to HN, they are much higher quality but there's not a lot of discussion for some reason.
Funny to see a complaint about comment quality when your comment is effectively a restatement of what parent comment said. Not trying to be rude of course, I do this myself occasionally (my editing skills are bad on mobile in particular), but to me it’s obvious that fewer comments increases the signal-to-noise ratio.
Indeed the irony is not lost on me, but main purpose was to get a way for invites to be sent those who want 'em.
Re: Ask HN: HN is gone, now what?
#20Lobste.rs. It's much more focused on tech/programming and the discussions there (although very few comments) often lead me to discovering new things. Although that part of it also sucks a bit because you can't comment if you're not an invited member (which I'm not). Many of the articles are found on HN first, but some are easier to see there because the front-page doesn't change as much as HN.
Lobste.rs would probably further restrict invitations to protect against a flood of new users.
artificial scarcity, classic marketing scheme. i'd move along.