I only just joined after finding an option for updates after installing Pushbullet. I came to the site, found it interesting, and decided to create an account.
Ask HN: How did you discover Hacker News?
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#12Coding horror blog
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#13I believe it was from a post made by a high profile developer I follow on Twitter.
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#14After discovering PG's essays, I spent a couple of weeks trawling through them. Eventually came across "What I learned from Hacker News" and decided to check it out...
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#16hyperreal
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#17People on 4chan's technology board were joking about this place.
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#18long time listener first time caller. adios.
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#19Joel Spoelsky's Business of Software forum. I saw one or two mentions that brought me here about 2 years before my first posting here.
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#20Probably due to mentions on other websites.
Before Hacker News, I was browsing Reddit for interesting news but it quickly became unrealistic; the SNR was way too low and the comments not worth reading.
Hacker News is currently my site of choice for quickly finding interesting news that may not get coverage by other media. The comments generated are usually of reasonable quality and worth reading, something I usually skip on other sites.