Forums that are actually like HN that have a minimal interface and promote actual discussion with tree like threads unlike other forums where you can barely see 4 people's response and can hardly tell who's replying to who.
Ask HN: Hacker News like forums for other niches?
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#2Re: Ask HN: Hacker News like forums for other niches?
#3Lobste.rs is an hn-inspired site and open-source software that is also used by other communities.
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#4old dot reddit dot com.
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#5old dot reddit dot com.
There's a great extension called Old Reddit Redirect [0] that'll always take you to old Reddit, highly recommend it.
Reddit's new direction in recent years has been really painful. There's so many great niche communities there that practically don't exist elsewhere on the Internet. Unfortunately, if/when they get rid of old Reddit and the API for third party apps, I'll probably drop Reddit entirely.
[0] Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/old-reddit-re... Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/old-reddit-redirec...
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#6Would love some recommendations on anything architecture/design related that had HN’s format (unless the subreddits for those topics are as good as it gets)
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#7I run a fork of HN that you can find in my list of projects. https://status.shawwn.com/
You won't find much discussion there (but feel free to start some). Basically, you can submit whatever you find interesting.
Re: Ask HN: Hacker News like forums for other niches?
#8old dot reddit dot com.
Reddit main page is just comedy and politics. You'll want to check out the niches like its Rust community. Other language-based communities as of late have favored chat-type environments over forums.
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#9old dot reddit dot com.
There's a great extension called Old Reddit Redirect [0] that'll always take you to old Reddit, highly recommend it. Reddit's new direction in recent years has been really painful. There's so many great niche communities there that practically don't exist elsewhere on the Internet. Unfortunately, if/when they get rid of old Reddit and the API for third party apps, I'll probably drop Reddit entirely. [0] Firefox: http…
You can just set a setting on reddit to always use old, you don't really need an extension if you browse logged-in.
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#10It's such a catch-22.
You want more people to want to use your favorite niche forum. But every niche forum that's gotten popular has been ruined.
Reddit has a few great subreddits. They aren't unpopular, but I also prefer not to market them. Let the people who really want it search for it, I guess.