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Ask HN: What other online communities are you part of?

14 points by baby 5y ago

I used to be part of a lot of online forums. In the last 5 years, or more, I feel like I’ve only spent time on HN and reddit. What other communities are you part of?

nikivi 5y ago
I noted some here: https://wiki.nikitavoloboev.xyz/research/staying-on-top-of-things#communities-and-forums-i-frequent https://wiki.nikitavoloboev.xyz/research/staying-on-top-of-t...
- NicoJuicy 5y ago
  Do you have an invite link for "shipping Friday"?
  - nikivi 5y ago
    I don't have one, sorry.
hooplah 5y ago
Forums are still alive and well for most niches. Discord groups serve a specific purpose as well. Aggregators are nice too, from all sides of the political spectrum to avoid echo chambers/censorship. News aggregators: - lobste.rs - notabug.io - patriots.win Forums: - ar15.com - pbnation.com - many many car forums
sralbert 5y ago
I spend a lot of time on Discord, Twitch, and 4chan. I also play MMORPGs (World of Warcraft Classic, Oldschool Runescape). I would not recommend this lifestyle.
mikewarot 5y ago
Slashdot, Reddit, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, DeviantArt, LinkedIn, YouTube Slashdot - Like HN, but far worse signal to noise Reddit - If you are careful with the things you join, not actively bad Twitter - I only follow a few people, and avoid politics Facebook - Friend and family, where I vent Flickr - Photo sharing DeviantArt - Old photo sharing LinkedIn - Facebook for your resume YouTube - Lots of interesting things to watch, and comment on
- runawaybottle 5y ago
  Slashdot - Is HN but with older bitter and more rude devs. Not moderated, and the UI sucks. I go there often.
  - mikewarot 5y ago
    Slashdot has moderation, and metamoderation. The rating system isn't the best, though.
CharlieMunger 5y ago
Some parts of Reddit are better than others. For example, almost all Reddit's investing/finance subreddits are dreadful, but there is an exception: https://old.reddit.com/r/brkb/ https://old.reddit.com/r/brkb/ There are really intelligent, fun communities on Reddit, but they can be hard to find.
- the_only_law 5y ago
  My gripe with Reddit is more about how unusable the site is. I decided to come back to the site recently and make a new account. I tried to comment on a thread, but got auto order because account karma. After that though, I noticed I could only make posts every ten minutes.
  - radiokicker 5y ago
    I use old.reddit.com on desktops because their "updated" interface is absolutely horrendous. There is a tab in preferences to opt out of the redesign too.
type0 5y ago
hackaday.io and libera.chat (IRC) Twitter is not a community and I'm not on Reddit but not all subreddits could be called communities.
meowster 5y ago
Subreply It's been featured on HN before: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23814517 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23814517 And also featured more in the past under its original name Sublevel: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8111691 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8111691
dasb 5y ago
Lately, I've been getting into https://0x00sec.org https://0x00sec.org
phekunde 5y ago
I recently discovered this discord server: https://discord.gg/MzhGqQC https://discord.gg/MzhGqQC Looks very low-key and less noise.
rthomas6 5y ago
I visit hubski.com occasionally. It's not super active but it seems to have a lot of smart people on it.
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14 points by baby 5y ago

I used to be part of a lot of online forums. In the last 5 years, or more, I feel like I’ve only spent time on HN and reddit. What other communities are you part of?

nikivi 5y ago

I noted some here: https://wiki.nikitavoloboev.xyz/research/staying-on-top-of-things#communities-and-forums-i-frequent https://wiki.nikitavoloboev.xyz/research/staying-on-top-of-t...

NicoJuicy 5y ago
Do you have an invite link for "shipping Friday"?
- nikivi 5y ago
  I don't have one, sorry.

hooplah 5y ago

Forums are still alive and well for most niches. Discord groups serve a specific purpose as well. Aggregators are nice too, from all sides of the political spectrum to avoid echo chambers/censorship. News aggregators: - lobste.rs - notabug.io - patriots.win Forums: - ar15.com - pbnation.com - many many car forums

sralbert 5y ago

I spend a lot of time on Discord, Twitch, and 4chan. I also play MMORPGs (World of Warcraft Classic, Oldschool Runescape). I would not recommend this lifestyle.

mikewarot 5y ago

Slashdot, Reddit, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, DeviantArt, LinkedIn, YouTube Slashdot - Like HN, but far worse signal to noise Reddit - If you are careful with the things you join, not actively bad Twitter - I only follow a few people, and avoid politics Facebook - Friend and family, where I vent Flickr - Photo sharing DeviantArt - Old photo sharing LinkedIn - Facebook for your resume YouTube - Lots of interesting things to watch, and comment on

runawaybottle 5y ago
Slashdot - Is HN but with older bitter and more rude devs. Not moderated, and the UI sucks. I go there often.
- mikewarot 5y ago
  Slashdot has moderation, and metamoderation. The rating system isn't the best, though.

CharlieMunger 5y ago

Some parts of Reddit are better than others. For example, almost all Reddit's investing/finance subreddits are dreadful, but there is an exception: https://old.reddit.com/r/brkb/ https://old.reddit.com/r/brkb/ There are really intelligent, fun communities on Reddit, but they can be hard to find.

the_only_law 5y ago
My gripe with Reddit is more about how unusable the site is. I decided to come back to the site recently and make a new account. I tried to comment on a thread, but got auto order because account karma. After that though, I noticed I could only make posts every ten minutes.
- radiokicker 5y ago
  I use old.reddit.com on desktops because their "updated" interface is absolutely horrendous. There is a tab in preferences to opt out of the redesign too.

type0 5y ago

hackaday.io and libera.chat (IRC) Twitter is not a community and I'm not on Reddit but not all subreddits could be called communities.

meowster 5y ago

Subreply It's been featured on HN before: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23814517 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23814517 And also featured more in the past under its original name Sublevel: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8111691 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8111691

dasb 5y ago

Lately, I've been getting into https://0x00sec.org https://0x00sec.org

phekunde 5y ago

I recently discovered this discord server: https://discord.gg/MzhGqQC https://discord.gg/MzhGqQC Looks very low-key and less noise.

rthomas6 5y ago

I visit hubski.com occasionally. It's not super active but it seems to have a lot of smart people on it.

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