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Does anyone else crave a HN style website for other things? I want text only links, text only discussion, solid algorithms, applied to Healthcare News, Woodwork

Does anyone else crave a HN style website for other things? I want text only links, text only discussion, solid algorithms, applied to Healthcare News, Woodworking, Music, really all of my interests. I use HN a lot because it's a very clean and efficient experience. Another one is text NPR, I just love the fast load speeds and the lack of distracting photos, ads, vids, etc. Reddit used to be much closer to my ideal, but it's got a ton of issues and the ownership has made it much, much less enjoyable for me.

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PartiallyTyped 6y ago
I am in the same situation wrt to Reddit and I share the pov that pure text and links are better, cleaner and less distracting. In a world where everything begs for our attention, we are craving a bit of silence. I feel something similar about text editors really, with most color schemes being way over the top with the need to differentiate everything.
knolan 6y ago
Here in Ireland we still have boards.ie which is an invaluable resource for all things related to living here. It’s certainly nowhere near its peak but it’s still soldiering on.
- Dumblydorr 6y ago
  Does it have discussion of music sessions and Irish music? :)
  - knolan 6y ago
    Yes. https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=465 https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=465
x3haloed 6y ago
I mostly use Reddit apps ever since the UI overhaul. You can pretty well reduce it to just text. Somehow though, Reddit doesn’t feel very community-oriented. Out of my many years there, I don’t know any other users by their handle. I haven’t got to know anyone. I miss that about message boards. Same here, actually. I fondly remember car forums where you get to know the regulars. IRC rooms still seem to have that aspect to them, but the IRC protocol makes it hard to have asynchronous conversations. I really like Matrix/Element protocol-wise, but there are issues there too. Edit: I really like what Discourse is doing. I wish it had a lower barrier to entry and better community discoverability.
- pavel_lishin 6y ago
  > I mostly use Reddit apps ever since the UI overhaul. You can get to the old UI via old.reddit.com; there are chrome extensions to auto-redirect you. I live by it, and when it dies, so will my use of Reddit.
kenforthewin 6y ago
That's what I built my website for https://litchan.com https://litchan.com
holler 6y ago
I enjoy minimalism as well, working on https://sqwok.im https://sqwok.im, trying to keep it as noise-free as possible.

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PartiallyTyped 6y ago

I am in the same situation wrt to Reddit and I share the pov that pure text and links are better, cleaner and less distracting. In a world where everything begs for our attention, we are craving a bit of silence. I feel something similar about text editors really, with most color schemes being way over the top with the need to differentiate everything.

knolan 6y ago

Here in Ireland we still have boards.ie which is an invaluable resource for all things related to living here. It’s certainly nowhere near its peak but it’s still soldiering on.

Dumblydorr 6y ago
Does it have discussion of music sessions and Irish music? :)
- knolan 6y ago
  Yes. https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=465 https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=465

x3haloed 6y ago

I mostly use Reddit apps ever since the UI overhaul. You can pretty well reduce it to just text. Somehow though, Reddit doesn’t feel very community-oriented. Out of my many years there, I don’t know any other users by their handle. I haven’t got to know anyone. I miss that about message boards. Same here, actually. I fondly remember car forums where you get to know the regulars. IRC rooms still seem to have that aspect to them, but the IRC protocol makes it hard to have asynchronous conversations. I really like Matrix/Element protocol-wise, but there are issues there too. Edit: I really like what Discourse is doing. I wish it had a lower barrier to entry and better community discoverability.

pavel_lishin 6y ago
> I mostly use Reddit apps ever since the UI overhaul. You can get to the old UI via old.reddit.com; there are chrome extensions to auto-redirect you. I live by it, and when it dies, so will my use of Reddit.

kenforthewin 6y ago

That's what I built my website for https://litchan.com https://litchan.com

holler 6y ago

I enjoy minimalism as well, working on https://sqwok.im https://sqwok.im, trying to keep it as noise-free as possible.