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Ask HN: Alternatives to HN
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Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN
#122Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN
#123Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's an alternative, but not a particularly good one, IMO. The Comic Book Guy is strong over there - meaning that a significant number of conversations carry that sort of condescending, unfriendly tone as the Simpson's Comic Book Guy; intending to show that the author is clearly a superior human being due to their knowledge of ARM opcodes and their interaction with GCC or whatever else the subject is. The biggest r…
> "The Comic Book Guy is strong over there - meaning that a significant number of conversations carry that sort of condescending, unfriendly tone as the Simpson's Comic Book Guy; intending to show that the author is clearly a superior human being" Wait, are we talking about /r/programming or HN? ;) Seriously though, I see a lot of that here, it's frustrating. Lots of rude, condescending ad hominem shit. Lots of Alpha…
Like any time somebody shares anything. You're guaranteed to have a few people rip apart the color choice, or layout, or whatever.
I get that HN commenters are the pinnacle of the design industry, but there are better ways to remind people of it than ripping apart something unique based on the color of the buttons on the web page.
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN
#124http://rootopic.com/test/root
I created a forum service. Flat time ordered comment system is easy to read. You can create your own community.
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN
#125Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's interesting to compare the HN[0] and Reddit[1] comments for the same article. The second highest voted comment on Reddit is "this is high levels of bad ass." at 276 points. I guess HN is still far ahead of other communities after all (if you're interested in serious discussion). [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5330998 [1] http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/19rzi3/breaking...
Nice sample size you have there. There are many extremely insightful comments on the programming subreddit, and there are also many empty, predictable comments on HN. I bet many people here can guess the top comment on particular threads based solely upon the submission title. (There's a high probability the top comment has the phrase "Am I the only one, or ...") So is HN ahead of /r/programming? At times, definitely…
I bet many people here can guess the top comment on particular threads based solely upon the submission title. (There's a high probability the top comment has the phrase "Am I the only one, or ...")
You might just have a point.[1]
[1]: https://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/comments&q=%22am...
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN
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Slashdot is ad-plagued and not at all the techie site it once was, IMHO. You used to get the big names in the field discussing their topics on there. Now it's mostly fanboy flamewars.
It's definitely not the same site it was in 1998, that's for sure. But I've (for whatever reason) been finding myself wandering back over there more and more lately, and I've been surprised to find there's still some good discussion to be had, but - as always - you have to pick around the GNAA stuff and the "In Soviet Russia" stuff or whatever the meme of the day is. It's really too bad, in a way, that the founders o…
I also check slashdot for humor. Most of the time they are childish. But some comments have deep humor, like this one http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3779397&c...
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN
#127Someone here once posted this aggregation of subreddits as an alternative:
http://www.reddit.com/r/somethingimade+longtext+programming+...
It's not a perfect version of 2010 HN, but with some pruning and grafting I imagine it could be close.
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#128https://pinboard.in/popular/ I'm being serious. If you're looking for a raw source of interesting material—you can often find some really interesting stuff.
You can find some cool stuff via tag filtering - e.g. https://pinboard.in/t:nodejs/t:distributed/
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN
#129Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's an alternative, but not a particularly good one, IMO. The Comic Book Guy is strong over there - meaning that a significant number of conversations carry that sort of condescending, unfriendly tone as the Simpson's Comic Book Guy; intending to show that the author is clearly a superior human being due to their knowledge of ARM opcodes and their interaction with GCC or whatever else the subject is. The biggest r…
I'm finding I have to check HN around 10-15 times a day, lest I miss some of the more interesting submissions. I really enjoying a lot of the ShowHN, Startup news, and discussions around programming languages/libraries. I primarily come to HN to learn. This seems to be the place that many clever people congregate to share opinions and ideas. I really just like to listen to what they have to say to each other. However…
Check out http://skimhn.com
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN
#130https://pinboard.in/popular/ I'm being serious. If you're looking for a raw source of interesting material—you can often find some really interesting stuff.
You can find some cool stuff via tag filtering - e.g. https://pinboard.in/t:nodejs/t:distributed/
Also, the network feature works great when you subscribe to people who bookmark interesting stuff.