Interested in knowing if vibrant online communities exist where people talk shop similar to HN for other industries, e.g. construction workers, teachers, actuaries, doctors, etc.
Ask HN: Other online communities like HN?
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#2https://www.barnacl.es - Business
https://www.journalduhacker.net/ - French Hacker News
https://write.narwhal.space/ - Writing
https://g33kz.de/ - German Hacker News
https://paperkast.com/ - Academic Papers
https://bitmia.com/ - Finance/Investing
All of the above are based on https://lobste.rs/, which is pretty much like HN with a few extra features and less Off-Topic
Also, there are independent StackExchange-like sites for physics and bioinformatics
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#3https://www.barnacl.es - Business https://www.journalduhacker.net/ - French Hacker News https://write.narwhal.space/ - Writing https://g33kz.de/ - German Hacker News https://paperkast.com/ - Academic Papers https://bitmia.com/ - Finance/Investing All of the above are based on https://lobste.rs/ , which is pretty much like HN with a few extra features and less Off-Topic Also, there are independent StackExchange-like s…
A lot of these seem like HN-clones (UI-wise) except that they are ghost towns, with no comments on the top stories.
I think it would be more useful to share sites that have great communities, even if they use different software.
For example, for investing, the Boggleheads forum is excellent: https://www.bogleheads.org/forum/index.php
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#5https://www.barnacl.es - Business https://www.journalduhacker.net/ - French Hacker News https://write.narwhal.space/ - Writing https://g33kz.de/ - German Hacker News https://paperkast.com/ - Academic Papers https://bitmia.com/ - Finance/Investing All of the above are based on https://lobste.rs/ , which is pretty much like HN with a few extra features and less Off-Topic Also, there are independent StackExchange-like s…
http://www.datatau.com/ - Data Science
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#6lobste.rs
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#7Slashdot is fun if you want a more cynical take on some of the topics that show up here. Slashdot's articles typically are general tech, science, security, and politics (esp tech related). Here there's more software community stuff, blogs, update notes, personal projects etc. I read both HN and slashdot daily, they each have their own thing.
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#8Any number of subreddits?
Construction workers - https://www.reddit.com/r/Construction/ "A subreddit for construction industry professionals."
Teachers - https://www.reddit.com/r/Teachers/ "The goal of r/Teachers is to provide a supportive community for teachers and to inform and engage in discourse with educational stakeholders about the teaching profession."
Actuaries - https://www.reddit.com/r/actuary/ "Articles and links of interest to those in the actuarial profession."
Doctors - https://www.reddit.com/r/doctors/ "This is a community for clinicians."
Etc.
Re: Ask HN: Other online communities like HN?
#9Slashdot is fun if you want a more cynical take on some of the topics that show up here. Slashdot's articles typically are general tech, science, security, and politics (esp tech related). Here there's more software community stuff, blogs, update notes, personal projects etc. I read both HN and slashdot daily, they each have their own thing.
I remember when Slashdot was THE online community for tech news.
Insightful comments, amazing (!) moderation system.
It all went downhill years ago though and now the quality of the discussions is horrendous.
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#10http://www.airliners.net/ - mostly about civil aviation