In a hypothetical scenario where HN would disappear for whatever reason more or less permanently, what alternatives would there be?
Where someone could find similar quality of commenters?
Ask HN: HN is gone, now what?
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#2great question. following.
maybe bring good old'school forums back. man, i miss those times.
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#3lobste.rs
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#4The replacement*s* would not arise until after the original died; if that was a sudden and final thing then they'd pop up quickly and try to transplant the community as a first focus. If it changes more subtly then there's a long process of new communities growing and nothing quite like the original ever happens again.
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#5lobste.rs
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#6Woohoo! I just got back an hour of time every day, just as if a day had 25 hours instead of 24.
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#7I started on digg, hackaday and slashdot, before moving here when those services crumbled (afaict had is still going strong, my interests changed a bit though!
I think if yc fell, communities may segregate a bit into different interest groups.
I’m sure there’s a few yc quality subreddit’s also, If you can stand the user hostile ux
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#8Lobste.rs. It's much more focused on tech/programming and the discussions there (although very few comments) often lead me to discovering new things.
Although that part of it also sucks a bit because you can't comment if you're not an invited member (which I'm not).
Many of the articles are found on HN first, but some are easier to see there because the front-page doesn't change as much as HN.
Re: Ask HN: HN is gone, now what?
#9Lobste.rs. It's much more focused on tech/programming and the discussions there (although very few comments) often lead me to discovering new things. Although that part of it also sucks a bit because you can't comment if you're not an invited member (which I'm not). Many of the articles are found on HN first, but some are easier to see there because the front-page doesn't change as much as HN.
Drop an email in your HN profile, I'm sure someone will send you an invite.
I find the quantity of comments on lobste.rs to be lacking compared to HN, they are much higher quality but there's not a lot of discussion for some reason.
Re: Ask HN: HN is gone, now what?
#10Lobste.rs. It's much more focused on tech/programming and the discussions there (although very few comments) often lead me to discovering new things. Although that part of it also sucks a bit because you can't comment if you're not an invited member (which I'm not). Many of the articles are found on HN first, but some are easier to see there because the front-page doesn't change as much as HN.
Lobste.rs would probably further restrict invitations to protect against a flood of new users.