Unsure why @Nathanf22's comment was downvoted to death. I would also suggest Lobste.rs and Reddit. But then again, RSS seems to work quite well in my case.
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Re: Ask HN: What sources like HN do you consume?
#12Unsure why @Nathanf22's comment was downvoted to death. I would also suggest Lobste.rs and Reddit. But then again, RSS seems to work quite well in my case.
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Re: Ask HN: What sources like HN do you consume?
#13This question comes up every year (I've seen it for the nearly 2 decades of HN), and the answers are never satisfying. Other industries just don't have an HN equivalent, either for lack of trying or because hackers are good making and using things like HN when others aren't.
A psychologist told me a few days ago that they would love having an equivalent for their domain of work.
Re: Ask HN: What sources like HN do you consume?
#14Punchbowl News is a great source for American congressional politics. They have a newsletter for free that goes out every weekday at 6 AM.
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#15This question comes up every year (I've seen it for the nearly 2 decades of HN), and the answers are never satisfying. Other industries just don't have an HN equivalent, either for lack of trying or because hackers are good making and using things like HN when others aren't.
A psychologist told me a few days ago that they would love having an equivalent for their domain of work.
Of course: for psychology, various other medical fields, and plenty of creative fields a HN-equivalent would be gold.
But it's impossible without their equivalent of @dang managing their equivalent of a forum of smart people who have a deep allergy to being marketed to/advertised at/BS'd or enshitified at. They need a HN-like immune system, often grossly overzealous and way too self-serious, that actively polices things like this.
That's why there's no HN equivalent elsewhere.
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#16Unsure why @Nathanf22's comment was downvoted to death. I would also suggest Lobste.rs and Reddit. But then again, RSS seems to work quite well in my case.
Probably because it seems AI-generated, and suggesting dev.to is in line with that - that place is actually an absolute cesspit of slop (SNR 1:100), as far as I have seen.
Re: Ask HN: What sources like HN do you consume?
#17Unsure why @Nathanf22's comment was downvoted to death. I would also suggest Lobste.rs and Reddit. But then again, RSS seems to work quite well in my case.
Probably because it seems AI-generated, and suggesting dev.to is in line with that - that place is actually an absolute cesspit of slop (SNR 1:100), as far as I have seen.
Thanks for the explanation. I wasn't aware that dev.to is of such low quality.
Re: Ask HN: What sources like HN do you consume?
#18This question comes up every year (I've seen it for the nearly 2 decades of HN), and the answers are never satisfying. Other industries just don't have an HN equivalent, either for lack of trying or because hackers are good making and using things like HN when others aren't.
A psychologist told me a few days ago that they would love having an equivalent for their domain of work.
You could build a HN clone for them for that purpose, but I tell you the problem would be onboarding users.
I built a HN clone for someone who wanted it focused on just E-Commerce discussions, but it failed to take off. Also didn't help that the person wanted to monetize it using a pay-to-use model. It never took off.
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#19I notice a lot of the suggestions are news-oriented. However, the thing I like about HN are all the non-news gold nuggets about tech. I'd love to find such gold nuggets for other industries as well.
Re: Ask HN: What sources like HN do you consume?
#20There's nothing like HN, but the closest is Reddit.
If you're interested in programming then r/programming
If UFC, for example, then
r/ufc
r/mma
r/python
Just whatever it is you're interested in, there's likely a subreddit for it. The more niche it is, the better the quality of the sub.