Ask HN: Where are you going to find long-form content online these days? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Where are you going to find long-form content online these days?

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Post by CodeGlitch » Mon, Jan 24, 2022, 8:35 PM UTC

Gareth321 wrote: post #123

CodeGlitch wrote: post #115

Podcasts. TRIGGERnometry: https://audioboom.com/channels/4991237.rss Lex Fridman Podcast: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur: https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:23460834... The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ADV2256857693

I've really been enjoying Triggernometry. They really aren't afraid to discuss important topics.

Yes every episode is worth listening to.

I like how they might be talking about a serious subject one minute, then crack a joke at just the right time.

Re: Ask HN: Where are you going to find long-form content online these days?

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Post by marsa » Tue, Jan 25, 2022, 9:55 AM UTC

kzrdude wrote: post #154

marsa wrote: post #112

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re. digital: the last time i read a newyorker article it consumed 900+ MB of my mobile data plan and i've been avoiding it like the plague ever since. which is a shame because the writing is generally good as you note.

That's impressive!

equal parts impressive and irritating

Re: Ask HN: Where are you going to find long-form content online these days?

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Post by kirso » Tue, Jan 25, 2022, 2:08 PM UTC

sharmi wrote: post #82

A cautionary message from someone who used to think long form content equals quality and indepth coverage: Long form content in magazines still used to have limited pages. So there needed to be a balance between information and prose. So even in long prose, the content was well edited, every sentence brought something important to the table. Nowadays, on the web, an article could have infinite length without any limi…

To add from a different perspective, long-form content also doesn't guarantee organic traffic: https://ahrefs.com/blog/short-form-content/

Re: Ask HN: Where are you going to find long-form content online these days?

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Post by kirso » Tue, Jan 25, 2022, 2:10 PM UTC

I love finance biographies from Neckar, its more of a longer newsletter but stories are fascinating: https://neckar.substack.com/

Its not sensational, but just well researched and put together. A good example is bootstrapping buyouts: https://neckar.substack.com/p/reginald-lewis-bootstrapping-b...

Cedric's commoncog already mentioned here.

And second these resources:

- https://waitbutwhy.com/ by Tim Urban

- https://moretothat.com/ by Lawrence Yeo

- https://psyche.co/

- https://aeon.co/

- https://www.quantamagazine.org/

Re: Ask HN: Where are you going to find long-form content online these days?

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Post by atulsin » Tue, Jan 25, 2022, 10:16 PM UTC

owensmp wrote: post #8

More recent but solid compilation of writing - https://www.fairobserver.com/

Thanks for the kind words!

Here is my long piece on Vladimir Putin's long game that I co-authored with retired CIA officer Glenn Carle: https://www.fairobserver.com/politics/making-sense-of-vladim...

Re: Ask HN: Where are you going to find long-form content online these days?

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Post by feynman69 » Sun, Jan 30, 2022, 9:38 AM UTC

Havoc wrote: post #156

feynman69 wrote: post #137

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What are the channel names? I've been looking for some quality YouTube videos. Thanks!

Infrastructure heavy list: Megaprojects, neo, real engineering, Free Documentary, The B1M, Tomorrow's Build, Wendover Productions. Not infra, but similar long form docu vibe: Johnny Harris, Coldfusion, Vice. I'd probably start with Johnny Harris - his style is somewhat unique. All over the place when it comes to topics but usually thoughtfully executed & researched.

Wow thanks!