My favourite is a private local slack group. It is a group of mainly software devs who chatted on public groups and dealt with a couple of trolling / bad behaviour situations, so we made a private invite only slack. It's really nice, it's super active compared to even much larger interest based chat groups I'm in. It's a safe place, it has about 60 members, I've met a lot of people in it in person. There are some other employees of the place I work on there, which is a little awkward because I'm a team lead and I goof off there a bit, but there are private channels (private within private!) for the core group.
Ask HN: Where do you browse and chat outside of here?
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Re: Ask HN: Where do you browse and chat outside of here?
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I don't know; reddit still has long-term, threaded discussions without character limit and a forum-like interface if you are using ~sane reddit~ sorry, I mean "old reddit". That is quite different from facebook, niche groups or not.
My theory is that they keep old.reddit.com around to generate training data for the AI companies.
If they know what is good for them, they will keep it for that reason at least. Because trying to read and write long form discussions in the "new" interface is a joke.
Re: Ask HN: Where do you browse and chat outside of here?
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I joined several discords, some of significant size, but I just cannot understand how to start/join a conversation. I just see silence or some random Q&A that dies within a few rounds of back and forth. I really wanna do some goofy chatting and socialize online in real time, but I must be doing it wrong because it seems like nobody's there. I also tried IRC (went in for the first time in 20 years?!), same story there…
It depends on the server. The best discussions I've found are ones targeted at hobbies which have both a lot of new people looking to get started and some old timers who provide advice and guidance and answer questions.
Yes, this has been my experience. There are Programming language or framework servers, but they typically don't have a great social scene. People just drop by to ask questions or to discuss features. The ones around hobbies and interests are more vibrant for socializing.
Re: Ask HN: Where do you browse and chat outside of here?
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What RSS feeds do you subscribe to?
A friend of mine mentioned RSS a few months ago. I asked him for a copy of his feed, and he gracefully sent me a curated list of about 30-50 blogs, job boards, and news. I’ve removed some and added some. Anytime I come across an interesting blog post (here, Lemmy, Masto) I add the blog’s feed to my RSS reader. If the long-term content doesn’t match my taste I remove it unceremoniously.
Do you mind giving some insight into what you like/dislike about the RSS reader you’re using?
Re: Ask HN: Where do you browse and chat outside of here?
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#66I am working on a slashdot alternative. Link is in my profile. I’m in no hurry to grow the user base really.
What I’m trying to do is understand the world a bit better and encourage civil discussion.
I’m building this without relying on the internet behemoths.
Constructive criticism welcome.
Re: Ask HN: Where do you browse and chat outside of here?
#67Bluesky has some good content if you curate your feeds and algorithm (it's fully customisable). Also spend a lot of time on Twitter but I don't recommend it. Reddit can be okay if you choose the right niche subreddits -- stay away from the main page subreddits. Among the niche subreddits, I find location-based subreddits and subreddits for podcasts to be good sources for unique communities.
I've been seeing more AI slop being posted on reddit even on smaller subreddits. Whatever people are using to do it likes to somewhat randomly bold certain words to emphasize them so it stands out a bit once you notice it.
Re: Ask HN: Where do you browse and chat outside of here?
#68Earlier quoted context omitted.
My theory is that they keep old.reddit.com around to generate training data for the AI companies.
If they know what is good for them, they will keep it for that reason at least. Because trying to read and write long form discussions in the "new" interface is a joke.
I installed a Chrome extension that converts reddit URLs to old.reddit, because reading an entire discussion on new reddit is almost impossible, and clearly not something they intend you to do.
Re: Ask HN: Where do you browse and chat outside of here?
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What RSS feeds do you subscribe to?
A friend of mine mentioned RSS a few months ago. I asked him for a copy of his feed, and he gracefully sent me a curated list of about 30-50 blogs, job boards, and news. I’ve removed some and added some. Anytime I come across an interesting blog post (here, Lemmy, Masto) I add the blog’s feed to my RSS reader. If the long-term content doesn’t match my taste I remove it unceremoniously.
> A friend of mine mentioned RSS a few months ago. I asked him for a copy of his feed, and he gracefully sent me a curated list of about 30-50 blogs, job boards, and news.
Post the list. It could be a good starting point for people new to RSS.
Re: Ask HN: Where do you browse and chat outside of here?
#70My favourite is a private local slack group. It is a group of mainly software devs who chatted on public groups and dealt with a couple of trolling / bad behaviour situations, so we made a private invite only slack. It's really nice, it's super active compared to even much larger interest based chat groups I'm in. It's a safe place, it has about 60 members, I've met a lot of people in it in person. There are some oth…
Are you ever worried that someone in the group will get mad and start leaking conversations?