Poll: Is HN your main online news source? • Hacker News Board

Re: Poll: Is HN your main online news source?

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Post by igorgue » Wed, Dec 29, 2010, 5:51 PM UTC

I think HN is #2 after all the individual sources I got in my Google Reader; HN is great to find new sources though.

Re: Poll: Is HN your main online news source?

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Post by 10smom » Wed, Dec 29, 2010, 5:54 PM UTC

now it is that I figured out how to use it after 3 months of DH!

Re: Poll: Is HN your main online news source?

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Post by miguelrios » Wed, Dec 29, 2010, 6:07 PM UTC

For me it is a mix os HN, Reddit and Techmeme, all consumed either from Twitter (any time) or from the occasional browsing (three - four times a day).

Re: Poll: Is HN your main online news source?

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Post by moge » Wed, Dec 29, 2010, 6:10 PM UTC

No, it IS my primary source for tech/startup/entrepreneur news but not 'general news'.

Re: Poll: Is HN your main online news source?

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Post by kefeizhou » Wed, Dec 29, 2010, 6:17 PM UTC

I follow about a dozen news sources. HN is my favorite, mostly because I've been able to discover other interesting new sources/blogs (many of which I now follow on my RSS reader).

Re: Poll: Is HN your main online news source?

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Post by code_duck » Wed, Dec 29, 2010, 6:39 PM UTC

Hmm. I'd not really thought of this, but yes, it is.

I visit mainstream general news sites (Google, NYT, etc), Reddit, tech news sites, and others, but this is consistently the source of the highest quality information. The comments are news, too. If something happens and it's important, it WILL be on HN.

Re: Poll: Is HN your main online news source?

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Post by nailer » Wed, Dec 29, 2010, 6:39 PM UTC

parenthesis wrote: post #13

For `tech' news, yes. For `news' news, the BBC (Radio 4 and http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ ).

Well since we're discussing non-tech news - bees, wikileaks, and the TSA - that'd be a no to the poll.

Re: Poll: Is HN your main online news source?

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Post by dpcan » Wed, Dec 29, 2010, 6:46 PM UTC

Yes and No.

I come here first, but I'm on Reddit as much. Never comment at Reddit though.

Digg is toast. Google News is just "news" so I don't really bother, and I've completely dumped all RSS readers.

I'm not going to "self filter" blogs when I can come to HN or Reddit and see what people have already "socially filtered" as the best stories for me :)

Re: Poll: Is HN your main online news source?

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Post by steauengeglase » Wed, Dec 29, 2010, 7:10 PM UTC

What is this "general news" you speak of? Between the hundreds of bookmarks on tech related articles, piles of RSS feeds, stacks of programming books around me, constant work and a single blog for local news on the state legislature, I can't remember when I last had time for "general news". Maybe Bush's 6th or 7th year in office? Back then I'd spend at least an hour on NYT. Now with the work load of two others I just don't have the time.

As far as HN's format, more "hacker" articles would be nice. I enjoy when my jaw drops at the thought of interesting or clever solution to a problem.

Re: Poll: Is HN your main online news source?

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Post by dillon » Wed, Dec 29, 2010, 7:18 PM UTC

Since HN has strict rules on behavior I think that's one reason why it makes this site so appeasing to readers. This site is mainly factual with the sharing of opinions that creates a setting filled with lush information.