Ask HN: What intelligent forums exist outside of HN?

#1

Post by skylerwiernik » Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 10:16 AM UTC

Twitter has long been declining, and Reddit has recently seemed to get much worse for me. Blind is just for bragging about your salary and making insensitive comments about race and sex.

HN is great, but I’m interested in more than just tech and tech people. Any recommendations?

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#2

Post by seventh12 » Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 11:13 AM UTC

> Twitter has long been declining

Why do you think so?

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#3

Post by rubenvanwyk » Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 12:00 PM UTC

https://lobste.rs/

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#4

Post by blenderob » Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 12:06 PM UTC

seventh12 wrote: post #2

> Twitter has long been declining Why do you think so?

Isn't it obvious? The news feed is full of spam from people I do not know and do not follow. Meanwhile the posts of people I follow never reach me!

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#5

Post by thorin » Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 12:26 PM UTC

Forums are weird now since fb etc took over. You can find information in the strangest places. For instance I frequent UKClimbing forums and you could probably find information on how to fix your car, investments and data science. It's more about the community and moderation which is what makes HN continue to be valuable.

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#6

Post by akimbostrawman » Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 1:34 PM UTC

seventh12 wrote: post #2

> Twitter has long been declining Why do you think so?

Always has been. People on here just act like it's new because opinions they don't like don't get shadow banned anymore.

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#7

Post by subpixel » Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 1:38 PM UTC

I lurk on a lot of boating and woodworking and fermentation forums.

YMMV.

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#8

Post by reportgunner » Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 1:40 PM UTC

blenderob wrote: post #4

seventh12 wrote: post #2

> Twitter has long been declining Why do you think so?

Isn't it obvious? The news feed is full of spam from people I do not know and do not follow. Meanwhile the posts of people I follow never reach me!

I remember twitter being like this in 2020 when I stopped using it.

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#9

Post by propter_hoc » Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 1:41 PM UTC

blenderob wrote: post #4

seventh12 wrote: post #2

> Twitter has long been declining Why do you think so?

Isn't it obvious? The news feed is full of spam from people I do not know and do not follow. Meanwhile the posts of people I follow never reach me!

This is Facebook's death spiral. People came to Facebook for their friends. Then FB inserted ragebait and ads in the pursuit of engagement metrics and monetization.

But then eventually Facebook is just a stream of ads and slop with no activity from friends.. And then you wonder why you're even there.

Twitter is clearly executing the same playbook.

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#10

Post by ggpsv » Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 1:48 PM UTC

subpixel wrote: post #7

I lurk on a lot of boating and woodworking and fermentation forums. YMMV.

Care to share a link to the fermentation forum?