Ask HN: Sites like HN on other topics?

#1

Post by broscillator » Fri, Sep 22, 2023, 1:22 PM UTC

I enjoy reading HN casually, and reddit is too much its own thing and scattered as an alternative.

I'm not looking for any particular topics, more interested in knowing what's out there that you follow.

Re: Ask HN: Sites like HN on other topics?

#2

Post by cobertos » Fri, Sep 22, 2023, 1:47 PM UTC

I've stopped following pretty much everything except HN. Which is unfortunate (though sorta nice for my mental health), but my interests right now are also narrow.

I'd suggest Lemmy? It still feels small, and has decent activity for self-hosting and homelab stuff after the whole reddit API debacle. That's where I plan to put more effort once I stand up my own ActivityPub server. Id like to try Mastodon again too but I bounced off last time

Re: Ask HN: Sites like HN on other topics?

#3

Post by biofox » Fri, Sep 22, 2023, 1:50 PM UTC

A previous time this was asked on HN, someone linked to these, which I quite like:

https://sciurls.com/

https://mathurls.com/

https://techurls.com/

https://finurls.com/

https://physurls.com/

https://devurls.com/

https://hwurls.com/

https://tuxurls.com/

Re: Ask HN: Sites like HN on other topics?

#4

Post by forlorn » Fri, Sep 22, 2023, 1:58 PM UTC

https://lobste.rs/

Re: Ask HN: Sites like HN on other topics?

#5

Post by PaulHoule » Fri, Sep 22, 2023, 2:02 PM UTC

I really like Tildes

https://tildes.net/

which is less focused, more about everything (god I wish I could frontpage an article about sports on HN) but has a much higher ratio of discussions to links (e.g. Ask HN is a joke)

I have invites.

Re: Ask HN: Sites like HN on other topics?

#6

Post by oniony » Fri, Sep 22, 2023, 2:02 PM UTC

cobertos wrote: post #2

I've stopped following pretty much everything except HN. Which is unfortunate (though sorta nice for my mental health), but my interests right now are also narrow. I'd suggest Lemmy? It still feels small, and has decent activity for self-hosting and homelab stuff after the whole reddit API debacle. That's where I plan to put more effort once I stand up my own ActivityPub server. Id like to try Mastodon again too but…

Tildes is pretty good. Still small and text focused.

I was enjoying Discuit but then they added images, and now it's just another stream of memes.

Re: Ask HN: Sites like HN on other topics?

#7

Post by jorgebg » Fri, Sep 22, 2023, 2:02 PM UTC

Reddit still has some good communities

Re: Ask HN: Sites like HN on other topics?

#8

Post by jabroni_salad » Fri, Sep 22, 2023, 2:03 PM UTC

Fishbowl if you are into consulting.

Kind of an old gen site and isnt without its issues, but I feel like metafilter gives me a few good links every day still so I keep it around. They are good at spotlighting stuff that is lesser known.

lowtechmagazine if you are interested in very practical sustainability. Their solar powered website (a 1-board computer on somebody's roof in barcelona) has been a recurring HN topic. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20038619

Re: Ask HN: Sites like HN on other topics?

#9

Post by user_7832 » Fri, Sep 22, 2023, 2:04 PM UTC

Not identical as a "users create all content" but hackaday.com (and .io) is excellent for tech stuff. Think DIY meets crazy scientist.

Re: Ask HN: Sites like HN on other topics?

#10

Post by ZFleck » Fri, Sep 22, 2023, 2:14 PM UTC

Not exactly what you're asking for, but a few people appreciated when I shared this last time a similar post came around:

https://brutalist.report/

Nice conglomeration of headlines/links from lots of different sources. Lots of tech and science, but also a good mix of global news. Includes HN actually.