Ask HN: Where do the young nerds hangout?

#1

Post by bryanwb » Mon, May 31, 2021, 10:18 AM UTC

I get the distinct impression that HN, like Slashdot before it, has aged along w/ its original audience. I suspect most of the readers and submitters are aged mid-30's to late 40's. Which online communities attract the young weirdos these days?

Re: Ask HN: Where do the young nerds hangout?

#2

Post by arkitaip » Mon, May 31, 2021, 10:31 AM UTC

Twitch, Discord and other gaming related communities for the young ones. Twitter attracts the 20-something crowd.

Re: Ask HN: Where do the young nerds hangout?

#3

Post by RicoElectrico » Mon, May 31, 2021, 10:31 AM UTC

Reddit, Discord. With the caveat most communities are a cacophony of people not having anything intelligent to say, but there are gems in between. Many educational YouTubers and open source projects have their own community on one or both on them.

Re: Ask HN: Where do the young nerds hangout?

#4

Post by bryanwb » Mon, May 31, 2021, 10:37 AM UTC

RicoElectrico wrote: post #3

Reddit, Discord. With the caveat most communities are a cacophony of people not having anything intelligent to say, but there are gems in between. Many educational YouTubers and open source projects have their own community on one or both on them.

have very positive experiences w/ discord. I have learned a ton from channels like Economics Design (token economics) and Reactiflux (Reactjs)

Re: Ask HN: Where do the young nerds hangout?

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, May 31, 2021, 11:24 AM UTC

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#6

Post by taf2 » Mon, May 31, 2021, 12:42 PM UTC

https://dev.to/

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#7

Post by mooreds » Mon, May 31, 2021, 1:24 PM UTC

taf2 wrote: post #6

https://dev.to/

Not sure why this is downvoted, this is certainly what I've seen.

Sure, there's lots of spam on dev.to, but I see a lot of content and discussion happening there too.

Re: Ask HN: Where do the young nerds hangout?

#8

Post by rocketpastsix » Mon, May 31, 2021, 3:00 PM UTC

mooreds wrote: post #7

taf2 wrote: post #6

https://dev.to/

Not sure why this is downvoted, this is certainly what I've seen. Sure, there's lots of spam on dev.to, but I see a lot of content and discussion happening there too.

Didn't downvote you but dev.to feels like the early days of Medium, where it was great. Now I'm waiting for the day they start paywalling things.

Re: Ask HN: Where do the young nerds hangout?

#9

Post by vagrantJin » Mon, May 31, 2021, 3:01 PM UTC

Yeah, I'd also vote up Discord.

Re: Ask HN: Where do the young nerds hangout?

#10

Post by wolfpvck » Mon, May 31, 2021, 7:27 PM UTC

A popular discord community, a good mix of experienced people with a bunch of beginners: https://theprogrammershangout.com/