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

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Twitter is actually pretty cool if you find the right people to follow in the topics you’re interested in. You can also make lists of such people so they’re separate from your main feed. It does feel harder to comment on stuff though. Not sure why?

I’ve friends say this but I haven’t figured out how to make it work. It takes so much time to sort and filter and there’s no way to get a proper “feed” without constantly scrolling through crap that’s injected. I asked a friend to show me and he walked me through their workflow and it boiled down to “spend hours on twitter everyday and some decent percent is manually filtering.” HN has an easy interface -front page.…

It's kind of like that one friend who will pontificate on the merits of smoked cinnamon sticks, bitters, candied pecans, and the $10,000 worth of liquor in their living room bar - they've fooled themselves into thinking they're responsibly and nobly, but it's really just a bunch of mental gymnastics to justify doing .

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

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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.

and very centered about America (except Al Jazeera)

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

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Twitter is actually pretty cool if you find the right people to follow in the topics you’re interested in. You can also make lists of such people so they’re separate from your main feed. It does feel harder to comment on stuff though. Not sure why?

Also see this userscript to "Bring back the peace on Twitter": https://github.com/antfu/userscript-clean-twitter

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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…

Yes and no. Yes, you're spot on. And yet I find that my favorite posts & comment threads here are the ones that *aren't* about tech, startups, etc. And I'm always amazed at how no matter what the topic there's always someone who seems to know what they're talking about. Of course there are always many people who think they know what they're talking about :) Perhaps it's less "Community about X" but rather "Community…

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

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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…

Fishbowl is pretty neat, are there any technical bowls you’d recommend?

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

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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/

Omg these links are awesome! Shame I can't subscribe via RSS (or at least i couldn't find the link to it).

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

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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.

Very cool. Thank you for this.
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