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Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN

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Post by zalew » Thu, Jun 06, 2013, 10:02 AM UTC

greyman wrote: post #26

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.

> Google+ - also quite good, but one needs to do some work, namely to find the right communities

could you link? I subscribed to some lang/framework/os ones, but didn't find much value there and found it's better to follow people. if you got some it would be nice.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN

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Post by vanwilder77 » Thu, Jun 06, 2013, 10:02 AM UTC

Hackernews Clone http://hackerstreet.in

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN

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Post by fakeer » Thu, Jun 06, 2013, 10:03 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.

I have sent you an email too :-)

Update: Thanks mate, I received the invite :-)

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN

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Post by _pmf_ » Thu, Jun 06, 2013, 10:04 AM UTC

greyman wrote: post #26

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.

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

Can you recommend some subreddits beside /r/programming and the subreddits mentioned in the sidebar of /r/programming)? I have not found a generic software engineering subreddit (probably without any web development content), which is quite strange.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN

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Post by mindcrime » Thu, Jun 06, 2013, 10:05 AM UTC

Nursie wrote: post #30

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.

It's definitely not the same site it was in 1998, that's for sure. But I've (for whatever reason) been finding myself wandering back over there more and more lately, and I've been surprised to find there's still some good discussion to be had, but - as always - you have to pick around the GNAA stuff and the "In Soviet Russia" stuff or whatever the meme of the day is.

It's really too bad, in a way, that the founders of /. didn't take a more aggressive stance towards eliminating the silly bullshit. That used to be my absolute favorite site on the 'Net, back in the day.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN

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

http://hn4hn4x.herokuapp.com/

I built a tongue in cheek tool to keep track of communities like HN that might be relevant to other interests. However, I'm the only one that has ever used it, and I think all the things I've submitted have already been mentioned here.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN

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Post by shanelja » Thu, Jun 06, 2013, 10:06 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.

Hey - I would like an invite.

I contacted the founder the day it was released, 4 days after and 2 weeks after, all with well thought out emails which I spent some serious time on. Unfortunately he didn't respond to any off them, not even with a simple "fuck off."

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN

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Post by zalew » Thu, Jun 06, 2013, 10:07 AM UTC

fakeer wrote: post #33

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.

I have sent you an email too :-) Update: Thanks mate, I received the invite :-)

yeah, a lot of people did ;) enjoy.

maybe it will result in more discussion around there.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN

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Post by aaronmoodie » Thu, Jun 06, 2013, 10:07 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.

I'd love an invite if you still have any.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to HN

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jun 06, 2013, 10:09 AM UTC

flipgimble wrote: post #20

conroy wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Hi, I'd like an invite if you still have one (my email is on my account page). What is the history of https://lobste.rs ? Or maybe how would you describe the focus and character of the community?

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