Ask HN: HN alternative more about "code" and less about politics?

#1

Post by ozh » Fri, Jun 07, 2013, 11:41 AM UTC

Not willing to troll, just honest asking: is there another source on the web that would be like HN minus the politics/prism/society stuff ?

Re: Ask HN: HN alternative more about "code" and less about politics?

#2

Post by ig1 » Fri, Jun 07, 2013, 11:58 AM UTC

http://www.reddit.com/r/programming

Re: Ask HN: HN alternative more about "code" and less about politics?

#3

Post by ozh » Fri, Jun 07, 2013, 12:11 PM UTC

ig1 wrote: post #2

http://www.reddit.com/r/programming

not really. Entries in /r/programming must contain code, for instance. I enjoy all the "Show HN" and weekend project stuff, there are no such things in that subreddit

Re: Ask HN: HN alternative more about "code" and less about politics?

#4

Post by Hyrum_Graff » Fri, Jun 07, 2013, 12:19 PM UTC

I'm sure all of this will die down in a day or two and HN will return to links to GitHub and stories about VCs. This only happens once in awhile, the last time being when Aaron Swartz committed suicide.

Re: Ask HN: HN alternative more about "code" and less about politics?

#5

Post by ozh » Fri, Jun 07, 2013, 12:33 PM UTC

Hyrum_Graff wrote: post #4

I'm sure all of this will die down in a day or two and HN will return to links to GitHub and stories about VCs. This only happens once in awhile, the last time being when Aaron Swartz committed suicide.

The prism incident is only today's matter, but I've always found HN main page quite boring while there are a lot stuff I like in the newest submissions

Re: Ask HN: HN alternative more about "code" and less about politics?

#6

Post by ig1 » Fri, Jun 07, 2013, 12:52 PM UTC

ozh wrote: post #3

ig1 wrote: post #2

http://www.reddit.com/r/programming

not really. Entries in /r/programming must contain code, for instance. I enjoy all the "Show HN" and weekend project stuff, there are no such things in that subreddit

That's /r/coding you're thinking of, but reddit has a bunch of tech/dev communities (for example /r/webdev) that might be closer to what you want.

Re: Ask HN: HN alternative more about "code" and less about politics?

#7

Post by liotier » Fri, Jun 07, 2013, 1:44 PM UTC

Stackoverflow & friends remain steadfastly anchored on the technical side, but in the end everything is political - technology not the least.

Re: Ask HN: HN alternative more about "code" and less about politics?

#8

Post by tsm » Fri, Jun 07, 2013, 7:28 PM UTC

https://lobste.rs/. But it's a pretty small community and is invite-only. (Existing members...an invite would be appreciated :) )

Re: Ask HN: HN alternative more about "code" and less about politics?

#9

Post by CodeFoo » Fri, Jun 07, 2013, 9:51 PM UTC

Join the GitHub Archive mailing list or read this page for updates on latest GitHub projects (for days when HN has its political mood swings)

http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/home/?u=439aa16a39e4b10e0b6...

Re: Ask HN: HN alternative more about "code" and less about politics?

#10

Post by tptacek » Sun, Jun 09, 2013, 12:27 AM UTC

Why can't HN be HN without the politics/prism stuff? I mean, it says right there in the guidelines that it isn't.

I don't flag stories when they're part of a wave story like NSA (what would be the point), but I try to be pretty religious about flagging off-topic stories in other cases, and political stories are universally off topic.