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I really like phpBB-style forums. They've a really rich heritage, and they load in a second. My typical workflow for finding discussions on almost any topic (in
by marttt 4y ago
I really like phpBB-style forums. They've a really rich heritage, and they load in a second. My typical workflow for finding discussions on almost any topic (in the English-speaking interent) is something like:
1. search HN (either via Google or Algolia)
2. search any of the oldschool forums via Duckduckgo or Google with the 'site:' operator
3. search reddit (teddit.net actually) via Google or DDG
Some favorite forums:
DOS ain't dead: https://www.bttr-software.de/forum/board.php https://www.bttr-software.de/forum/board.php
Pro audio geeks: https://www.gearslutz.com/board https://www.gearslutz.com/board
Taperssection: https://taperssection.com https://taperssection.com
Keyboard geeks: https://geekhack.org https://geekhack.org
Thinkpad geeks: https://forum.thinkpads.com https://forum.thinkpads.com
Woodworking: http://www.sawmillcreek.org http://www.sawmillcreek.org
Meditation techniques: https://www.dharmaoverground.org/home https://www.dharmaoverground.org/home
Unix and BSD geeks: https://nixers.net https://nixers.net
Green building: http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum http://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum
Perl monastery: https://www.perlmonks.org https://www.perlmonks.org
Not to mention forums for different Linux distros, like the Arch forum.
- walterbell 4y agoWe need an endpoint search client that can be customized to implement user-defined search workflows like the one you described, with dedupe of results and context-specific ranking. Perhaps a customized Recoll instance, https://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/ https://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/.