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

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Post by fahizzle »

PaulHoule wrote: post #5

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.

Would love an invite also, if still available :-)

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

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Post by JoeCortopassi »

Honestly, this is the wrong question, but I understand the intent. What you really should be asking is "Where is the online community for your hobby/interest?"

The thing with HN, is it works for the startup/hacker/tech community, and that community has evolved here over time. If you want a link/topic sharing site for other interests, the answer is almost always going to be a subreddit.

But if what you really want is to be immersed in a community, those communities will be in weird corners that you have to discover. The reason for this is that a community almost always wants to be semi-private: discoverable by others that share the same interest, but just far enough out of the public eye to not get bombarded with bots/trolls/obnoxious people

Some examples I know of:

  - Voron (3d printer)? You want to be on their discord
  - BigGreenEgg (kamado smoker)? eggheadforum.com
  - MMA? sherdog
  - Electronics/Robotics diy style hacky projects? hackaday and go to the comment secion
The cool part about finding these true pockets of a community, is you can learn a ton about what truly makes them tick. What do they get excited about, what do they have an irrational hatred for, etc. If you've ever asked yourself "how do I market my app/website/saas", it's almost certainly because you haven't yet encountered where that niche community resides, and are falling back to more generic strategies. Find the community, and they'll tell you what they want in spades

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

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Post by prepend »

dkwr wrote: post #14
forlorn wrote: post #4

https://lobste.rs/

I'm torn between two sides when thinking about lobste.rs On one side they have imho high quality content. But on the other side they can keep this just because their registration is invite-only. Which leads to fewer/smaller discussions. On HN I don't like everything, but I read a lot more discussions even about topics which I'm not interested in.

I liked lobste.rs but found they were too restrictive on topics.

I kind of like the hacker-adjacent discussions here (notebooks and journaling and reading and whatnot) and lobste.rs seems to block and remove that and there’s no outlet for that type of discussion.

I like they HN, for me, is 80% tech/startup/programming, 10% adjacent and interesting and 10% stuff I just go past.

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

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Post by dcdc123 »

Sparkenstein wrote: post #26
biofox wrote: post #3

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/

don't need to save all of these, they all belong to the same network, just check their menu icon on top right

So...is that just reddit with more domains? :)

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

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Post by slipperlobster »

PaulHoule wrote: post #27
roboror wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would love an invite if you have an extra!

Anyone who wants one should look up my profile and send me an email. I have three right now and they will go to whoever sends me the first three emails. I will get around to it this evening.

Shot you an e-mail :)
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