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Ask HN: Discovering HN type sites for other interests

8 points by jmspring 5y ago

There have been some interesting articles that pop up here from time to time that are outside the technical focus. I often find them interesting and enlightening - especially some of the archaeological related ones. That said, a non-tech person I sometimes send some of those articles to was asking me if I knew of or how to find sites that have some of the same traits - high quality submissions, an active audience - for other areas. For instance - history, cooking, or plants might be very general areas. It seems like Reddit is a popular spot for such. But any thoughts on discovering high-content sites in other, non-tech, areas?

DerekBickerton 5y ago
Like a Hackernews for $topic? I've always wanted to see that. Recently someone asked if there is a Hackernews for web3, which would be great! Most of the community here maintain a (healthy) skepticism of web3 and NFTs (many people concluding Ethereum/NFTs are a ponzicoin). With a dedicated forum just for web3, it would filter out all the skeptics and just focus on healthy unbiased discourse.
savorypiano 5y ago
I'd be interested in a music composition site as such.
1ibsq 5y ago
https://hn.algolia.com https://hn.algolia.com
- jmspring 5y ago
  Ten years and sometimes other things come up. But looking through the links, Reddit is the common one, which I mentioned. Sometimes it is useful to ask again. But your account of 39 days in helpful to remind me of reddit.
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  - przeor 5y ago
    agree, why people tend to be so closed minded. Internet space is infinite and every fee months new stuff coming up that may be exact answer to the wuestion
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tldrthelaw 5y ago
Not to put too fine a point on it, but you mention liking history. I find a lot of quality articles at History Today. [0] For science, I find Science Daily to be a good daily (ha) read. [1] Similarly, Quanta Magazine. [2] Owing to the lack of an HN-type site in these areas (that I know of), I rely heavily on RSS feeds from all of those and kind of "roll my own" HN. [0] https://www.historytoday.com https://www.historytoday.com [1] https://www.sciencedaily.com https://www.sciencedaily.com [2] https://www.quantamagazine.org https://www.quantamagazine.org

8 points by jmspring 5y ago

DerekBickerton 5y ago

Like a Hackernews for $topic? I've always wanted to see that. Recently someone asked if there is a Hackernews for web3, which would be great! Most of the community here maintain a (healthy) skepticism of web3 and NFTs (many people concluding Ethereum/NFTs are a ponzicoin). With a dedicated forum just for web3, it would filter out all the skeptics and just focus on healthy unbiased discourse.

savorypiano 5y ago

I'd be interested in a music composition site as such.

1ibsq 5y ago

https://hn.algolia.com https://hn.algolia.com

jmspring 5y ago
Ten years and sometimes other things come up. But looking through the links, Reddit is the common one, which I mentioned. Sometimes it is useful to ask again. But your account of 39 days in helpful to remind me of reddit.
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- przeor 5y ago
  agree, why people tend to be so closed minded. Internet space is infinite and every fee months new stuff coming up that may be exact answer to the wuestion
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tldrthelaw 5y ago

Not to put too fine a point on it, but you mention liking history. I find a lot of quality articles at History Today. [0] For science, I find Science Daily to be a good daily (ha) read. [1] Similarly, Quanta Magazine. [2] Owing to the lack of an HN-type site in these areas (that I know of), I rely heavily on RSS feeds from all of those and kind of "roll my own" HN. [0] https://www.historytoday.com https://www.historytoday.com [1] https://www.sciencedaily.com https://www.sciencedaily.com [2] https://www.quantamagazine.org https://www.quantamagazine.org