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I'm very curious as to whether there are any other communities on the web that are as generally "high quality" as HN (bonus points if those communities are tech

I'm very curious as to whether there are any other communities on the web that are as generally "high quality" as HN (bonus points if those communities are tech-focused or tech-adjacent). Anybody got any links? To date HN has the highest (consistent) quality of any online community I've encountered

chrisper 9y ago
I'd say Quora is rather good as well.
- sleavey 9y ago
  Nowhere near as high quality as it used to be though. I stopped my email digest there a year ago.
  - opportune 9y ago
    Yeah I agree with this. I've tried to use Quora before (about 2 years ago) but couldn't get my signal/noise ratio nearly as good as I wanted it to be
    - hutzlibu 9y ago
      It was very good in the beginning. Now it is mostly people trying to show off any way they can. And it attracted too many ... well, let's call them ordinary mainstream people.
hobofan 9y ago
lobster.rs[0] is pretty good for tech (specifially software development) topics. [0]: https://lobste.rs/ https://lobste.rs/
- corobo 9y ago
  My first impression: "Deldo is a sex toy control and teledildonics mode for Emacs"
- abhishekjha 9y ago
  It is pretty good though. Never got an invite and din’t know how to. :( Seems like a very closed group.
petercooper 9y ago
https://www.metafilter.com/ https://www.metafilter.com/ - it's been going for almost 20 years. Not really tech per se, but is tech/liberal/academic leaning.
- verylittlemeat 9y ago
  Just a note, you have to pay a one time fee of $5 to comment on metafilter. Also I say the following as a long time member of metafilter: it's really gone downhill. If you're the type of person who thinks dissenting opinion on hacker news is restricted you will probably be shocked by what goes on at metafilter. They have a serious problem with passive aggressive bullying and groupthink on political and social justice issues.I don't think it's hyperbole to say that the conversation there has been hijacked by a handful of aggressive users who shameless brigade threads to their narrative. Metafilter is a shadow of what it was even 5 years ago. That said, ask.metafilter.com is the best part of metafilter and is worth the $5 price of admission alone.

chrisper 9y ago

I'd say Quora is rather good as well.

sleavey 9y ago
Nowhere near as high quality as it used to be though. I stopped my email digest there a year ago.
- opportune 9y ago
  Yeah I agree with this. I've tried to use Quora before (about 2 years ago) but couldn't get my signal/noise ratio nearly as good as I wanted it to be
  - hutzlibu 9y ago
    It was very good in the beginning. Now it is mostly people trying to show off any way they can. And it attracted too many ... well, let's call them ordinary mainstream people.

hobofan 9y ago

lobster.rs[0] is pretty good for tech (specifially software development) topics. [0]: https://lobste.rs/ https://lobste.rs/

corobo 9y ago
My first impression: "Deldo is a sex toy control and teledildonics mode for Emacs"
abhishekjha 9y ago
It is pretty good though. Never got an invite and din’t know how to. :( Seems like a very closed group.

petercooper 9y ago

https://www.metafilter.com/ https://www.metafilter.com/ - it's been going for almost 20 years. Not really tech per se, but is tech/liberal/academic leaning.

verylittlemeat 9y ago
Just a note, you have to pay a one time fee of $5 to comment on metafilter. Also I say the following as a long time member of metafilter: it's really gone downhill. If you're the type of person who thinks dissenting opinion on hacker news is restricted you will probably be shocked by what goes on at metafilter. They have a serious problem with passive aggressive bullying and groupthink on political and social justice issues.I don't think it's hyperbole to say that the conversation there has been hijacked by a handful of aggressive users who shameless brigade threads to their narrative. Metafilter is a shadow of what it was even 5 years ago. That said, ask.metafilter.com is the best part of metafilter and is worth the $5 price of admission alone.