Ask HN: Hacker News like forums for other niches?

Post by tomduncalf » Mon, Jul 12, 2021, 2:41 PM UTC

type0 wrote: post #94

tomduncalf wrote: post #70

Elektronauts ( https://elektronauts.com ) is a great forum for discussing electronic music production. It’s affiliated with the Swedish brand Elektron, so there’s a lot of content specific to their kit, but there is also a lot of general music making (and wider) discussion. It reminds me of HN in the sense that it is very well moderated - it’s rare to see anyone trying to cause trouble and they get shut down quickly…

Another one for electronic music making (Monome associated) is lines https://llllllll.co/

Post by wolverine876 » Mon, Jul 12, 2021, 4:28 PM UTC

kennywinker wrote: post #93

wolverine876 wrote: post #54

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> literally nothing is apolitical Literally nothing is perfect in the world, but that leaves all the room in the world for variation. No painting is perfect, neither mine nor Van Gogh's - why do people pay so much for Van Gogh's?

It’s funny, because the reason van gogh’s work is held in such high regard likely has a lot more to do with politics than the particular merits of his work.

Post by acheron » Mon, Jul 12, 2021, 6:42 PM UTC

cheschire wrote: post #59

egypturnash wrote: post #44

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I am trying to imagine the reaction an artist or musician would get to "Show HN: here is some art I do" and it is at least 50% "what is this doing here, HN is for programmer/startup stuff". I am pretty sure the HN for X, where X is "art" or "music", is not HN. I am also finding myself tempted to do exactly this with regards to the graphic novel I drew a few years back, just to see how badly it performs.

Art and music topics do appear on HN front page, but only when they satisfy intellectual curiosity. Sharing art or music itself rarely does this, but I remember recently seeing an acid house generator, and another had a constellation of electronic music samples along a long page.

Post by seanicus » Mon, Jul 12, 2021, 7:01 PM UTC

bmitc wrote: post #51

specialist wrote: post #42

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I just can't imagine why all threaded forums aren't structured like HN (and lobste.rs). For the life of me, neither slashdot nor reddit has ever made any sense to me. Everything else, less so. The flat (non-threaded) forums have their place. For low traffic, low engagement blog comments feedback stuff.

How is Reddit different from Hacker News aside from the existence (basically required due to the size) of subreddits?

Post by rambojazz » Tue, Jul 13, 2021, 6:59 AM UTC