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Re: Ask HN: 90s kids happily less connected?

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Post by turrican »

hexatin wrote: post #50
turrican wrote: post #47

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While I don’t personally know any good servers for those topics, https://disboard.org is a good resource for finding new servers that match your interests. Good luck!

Any advice for finding quality Discord servers (things like ideal member count / “red flags” etc)? I feel like I have a lot of trouble finding servers that strike a good balance of being active but not impenetrable.

I don’t have any, other than maybe look in general chat to make sure it’s active. I’ve also struggled with this, often a promising new server is disappointing after I get to know it over a couple days.

Re: Ask HN: 90s kids happily less connected?

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Post by atomashevic »

turrican wrote: post #47
atomashevic wrote: post #43

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Discord sounds like something I would enjoy, I was heavy IRC user back in the day. But I never found an interesting server. Any recommendations for servers focusing on topics like AI-ML/Python/Math,probability, statistics?

While I don’t personally know any good servers for those topics, https://disboard.org is a good resource for finding new servers that match your interests. Good luck!

Thanks, I quickly found what I was looking for!

Re: Ask HN: 90s kids happily less connected?

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Post by gardenhedge »

atomashevic wrote: post #42

I notice similar in my case and case of my friends (born between 1985-1990). I've seen fair share of new services and social networks being branded as "Facebook killer" in last 10 years but for me group texting was the thing that replaced the main use case of Facebook and Instagram - sharing important/funny/interesting moments and stuff with friends and family. Back in the day I could use IRC or some messengers for t…

Group chats don't scale and are bad for history e.g a time line or photo album.

Might satisfy you but it's a different use case

Re: Ask HN: 90s kids happily less connected?

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Post by gardenhedge »

0xmarcin wrote: post #46

- 10 years on LinkedIn, benefit: none - 15 years on Reddit, there are some obscure reddits that are quite informative, but the last 5 years I saw a huge deterioration of the content, benefit: some - 2 years on TeamBlind, good to know that layoffs are comming, otherwise no benefit - 4chan, /diy/ made me laugh a few times, overall just waste of time - FaceBook, never really got it, benefit: negative (annoying emails) -…

Reddit has become a one of the more stupid places on the Internet now. I guess it's because of their drive for growth and mobile usage prompts lazy comments.

Re: Ask HN: 90s kids happily less connected?

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Post by roland35 »

0xmarcin wrote: post #46

- 10 years on LinkedIn, benefit: none - 15 years on Reddit, there are some obscure reddits that are quite informative, but the last 5 years I saw a huge deterioration of the content, benefit: some - 2 years on TeamBlind, good to know that layoffs are comming, otherwise no benefit - 4chan, /diy/ made me laugh a few times, overall just waste of time - FaceBook, never really got it, benefit: negative (annoying emails) -…

I like your breakdown! Mine is pretty similar

- 10 years LinkedIn, some leads and interviews but no jobs

- ?? years Digg/Reddit: probably just a waste of time (just a lurker)

- Facebook, 13 years, some minor use but barely use it now. My wife uses it a lot more though with mom groups in our city which is nice

- HN: Got a job, and helped me upskill!

- Blind: exposed me to what is possible in the tech industry, 4x'ed my salary so this has certainly been the biggest benefit! Also helped understand the interview process

- Some private slacks: also helped me get in touch with a few insiders who helped me do well at some top company interviews and get offers.

I agree that smaller groups are better, it is just harder to find them!

Re: Ask HN: 90s kids happily less connected?

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Post by DoItToMe81 »

hexatin wrote: post #50
turrican wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While I don’t personally know any good servers for those topics, https://disboard.org is a good resource for finding new servers that match your interests. Good luck!

Any advice for finding quality Discord servers (things like ideal member count / “red flags” etc)? I feel like I have a lot of trouble finding servers that strike a good balance of being active but not impenetrable.

It's a mess of malignant attention whores and child predators. The servers that are good inevitably attract the bad types who, when removed, go out of their on way to take the server down. Don't waste your time.

Re: Ask HN: 90s kids happily less connected?

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Post by quickthrower2 »

gardenhedge wrote: post #54
0xmarcin wrote: post #46

- 10 years on LinkedIn, benefit: none - 15 years on Reddit, there are some obscure reddits that are quite informative, but the last 5 years I saw a huge deterioration of the content, benefit: some - 2 years on TeamBlind, good to know that layoffs are comming, otherwise no benefit - 4chan, /diy/ made me laugh a few times, overall just waste of time - FaceBook, never really got it, benefit: negative (annoying emails) -…

Reddit has become a one of the more stupid places on the Internet now. I guess it's because of their drive for growth and mobile usage prompts lazy comments.

There are some good niche subs still

Re: Ask HN: 90s kids happily less connected?

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Post by gardenhedge »

quickthrower2 wrote: post #57
gardenhedge wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reddit has become a one of the more stupid places on the Internet now. I guess it's because of their drive for growth and mobile usage prompts lazy comments.

There are some good niche subs still

Unfortunately I only know of one for my interests and that's because it's sport related so it doesn't need to be "intelligent".
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