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Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN

#21

Post by zalew » Thu, Jun 06, 2013, 9:45 AM UTC

p4bl0 wrote: post #18

tezza wrote: post #7

https://lobste.rs/ - I am not a member, but it looks very similar

It looks cool but it's impossible to get an invite if you don't know someone already on it. I tried to contact an active member to ask for an invite and didn't even get a response, then I tried a second one and same thing… Since then I think that either it's that kind of community and I wouldn't fit in anyway, or maybe I was just unlucky and randomness didn't make me contact the right people.

I'm not active there, but I can send you an invite if you want, drop me your email.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN

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Post by thoughtcriminal » Thu, Jun 06, 2013, 9:46 AM UTC

The site that started it all: Slashdot: http://slashdot.org

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN

#23

Post by i-blis » Thu, Jun 06, 2013, 9:47 AM UTC

conroy wrote: post #15

tezza wrote: post #7

https://lobste.rs/ - I am not a member, but it looks very similar

If anyone would like an invite, send me an email or reply here.

'd be happy to get one (mail in profile), thanks

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN

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Post by p4bl0 » Thu, Jun 06, 2013, 9:49 AM UTC

zalew wrote: post #21

p4bl0 wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It looks cool but it's impossible to get an invite if you don't know someone already on it. I tried to contact an active member to ask for an invite and didn't even get a response, then I tried a second one and same thing… Since then I think that either it's that kind of community and I wouldn't fit in anyway, or maybe I was just unlucky and randomness didn't make me contact the right people.

I'm not active there, but I can send you an invite if you want, drop me your email.

Done. Thanks! :)

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN

#25

Post by zalew » Thu, Jun 06, 2013, 9:51 AM UTC

p4bl0 wrote: post #24

zalew wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not active there, but I can send you an invite if you want, drop me your email.

Done. Thanks! :)

done, you welcome :)

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN

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Post by greyman » Thu, Jun 06, 2013, 9:52 AM UTC

I have found only two such sites so far:

1) reddit - here, you have to subscribe to the right mix of subreddits according to your interests

2) Google+ - also quite good, but one needs to do some work, namely to find the right communities, pages and people to follow.

But if you are asking about sites with the same "genre" as HN (the same functionality), then no, I haven't found alternative to HN.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN

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Post by l33tfr4gg3r » Thu, Jun 06, 2013, 9:53 AM UTC

How about http://thingsiwantmade.com/

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN

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Post by olalonde » Thu, Jun 06, 2013, 9:57 AM UTC

jacquesm wrote: post #6

http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/ And many other subreddits besides.

It's interesting to compare the HN[0] and Reddit[1] comments for the same article.

The second highest voted comment on Reddit is "this is high levels of bad ass." at 276 points. I guess HN is still far ahead of other communities after all (if you're interested in serious discussion).

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5330998 [1] http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/19rzi3/breaking...

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jun 06, 2013, 10:01 AM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN

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Post by Nursie » Thu, Jun 06, 2013, 10:01 AM UTC

mindcrime wrote: post #13

Slashdot, if you don't mind a heavy dose of Internet Meme along with your Interesting Discussion. There are also sites which focus more on specific topics... if you're into server-side Java stuff, there's http://theserverside.com , if you're into programming language research, there's http://lambda-the-ultimate.org , etc., etc. And a lot of the more niche subreddits are actually pretty good. Stay away from /r/funny,…

Slashdot is ad-plagued and not at all the techie site it once was, IMHO. You used to get the big names in the field discussing their topics on there. Now it's mostly fanboy flamewars.