I would fall back to usenet
Where would you go if HN becomes bad?
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Re: Where would you go if HN becomes bad?
#12I keep looking at 'Lobsters'. However it's a bit more 'tech' than HN.
It’s also invite only.
I used to roll my eyes at some of the things I saw on there, such as suggestions to freeze invites or to cull users, allegedly to keep the site high quality) but frankly I’m now wondering if those are the only sort of methods to achieve that.
Re: Where would you go if HN becomes bad?
#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
its still good (as someone who found this site just couple years ago) but every once in a while someone links an old thread, you're partially right.
It's just selection bias. If those threads weren't great they wouldn't be linked. A better test would be to use wayback machine to look at a random date's front page and its threads.
Not in the same realm necessarily, but there’s a page somewhere on the site that shows the front page, but only from users with a certain account age. Interestingly, the last time I looked at it, there’s was a lack of a certain topic showing up.
Re: Where would you go if HN becomes bad?
#14I would fall back to usenet
Some of the comp.* groups are starting to get proper activity now that the spammers have all left.
Re: Where would you go if HN becomes bad?
#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
its still good (as someone who found this site just couple years ago) but every once in a while someone links an old thread, you're partially right.
It's just selection bias. If those threads weren't great they wouldn't be linked. A better test would be to use wayback machine to look at a random date's front page and its threads.
It is, but when is the last time you’ve connected with someone interesting and taken the conversation beyond HN?
Re: Where would you go if HN becomes bad?
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Re: Where would you go if HN becomes bad?
#17For me, I'm happily at paywalled https://lunduke.locals.com of https://lunduke.com . Paywall keeps trolls away.
At HN/Reddit/Slashdot, there is flagging/downvoting etc, so it's hard to discuss something, like even asking about some normal technical question. It's possble to see something at HN new page, that will soon be flagged, disappear, downvoted etc. I would like to add comment to some flagged HN article, because for me it's important topic, but it's not possible because it's flagged.