Ask HN: What's the Hacker News for different industries?

Post by rdlecler1 » Sun, Mar 11, 2018, 3:20 PM UTC

Post by rdlecler1 » Sun, Mar 11, 2018, 3:25 PM UTC

Jowen19o wrote: post #33

Donmario wrote: post #18

https://feedit.agfunder.com/ - for AgTech

Any other outlets for AgTech?

Post by phkahler » Sun, Mar 11, 2018, 3:43 PM UTC

toyg wrote: post #38

scheveningen wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

IMO, the downvotes are a big problem with reddit, unfortunately. If people actually followed reddiquette (downvoting posts that do not add to the discussion) the system would work great. However, a large majority of people will just downvote what they disagree with. There is no way to keep this behavior in check. What happens is that counterpoints that do not align with the majority 'party line' are rarely seen on re…

You just haven’t noticed this phenomenon on HN yet . It’s a fact of life: a downvote button will eventually be used as a “disagree” button rather than some idealistic concept of what moderation should be. Even the most reasonable person has a trigger subject, be it gun laws, abortion, or vi vs emacs. If you think HN is somewhat immune, you’re in for a rude awakening at some point.

Post by cli » Sun, Mar 11, 2018, 5:38 PM UTC

DrAwdeOccarim wrote: post #28

The comments aren't nearly as rich, but for biotech I like https://www.biospace.com/ and https://www.fiercebiotech.com/ . Though they are typically day(s) behind https://endpts.com/ . Twitter is big for biotech, too. People like https://twitter.com/BradLoncar , https://twitter.com/JohnCendpts , https://twitter.com/adamfeuerstein , https://twitter.com/CarolineYLChen , https://twitter.com/megtirrell , https://twitter.c…

Post by paulddraper » Sun, Mar 11, 2018, 5:40 PM UTC

phkahler wrote: post #46

toyg wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You just haven’t noticed this phenomenon on HN yet . It’s a fact of life: a downvote button will eventually be used as a “disagree” button rather than some idealistic concept of what moderation should be. Even the most reasonable person has a trigger subject, be it gun laws, abortion, or vi vs emacs. If you think HN is somewhat immune, you’re in for a rude awakening at some point.

HN in general also has a couple things that are trigger subjects. Areas there is little hope of making even a reasoned argument. I still like to burn a little karma sometimes ;-)