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Other Communities Like HN?

Hello I love HN and was wondering about other communities/forums similar to HN (hopefully with similarly high signal to noise ratio) The only other one I am aware of is certain groups on tumble (funnily which I got from reading about sam bankman fraud's alleged girlfriend's tumblr archive). So please share any other forums you are part of. Cheers.

sinenomine 4y ago
https://themotte.org https://themotte.org has a decent standard of discussion.
- deleted 4y ago
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mtmail 4y ago
Related from last week "Ask HN: Sites with the quality of Hacker News, but for more general topics?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34302827 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34302827
zeristor 4y ago
There were/are some code clones of HackerNews for Machine Learning, I can't quite remember the URLs
mooreds 4y ago
I like some of the reddits. /r/programming is pretty good, though with significant overlap with HN. Slacks are fantastic, if you can find focused ones with good moderation. For example, the Rands leadership slack is, bar none, the best place to go for engineering management advice: https://randsinrepose.com/welcome-to-rands-leadership-slack/ https://randsinrepose.com/welcome-to-rands-leadership-slack/ I presume the same is true of focused discords, though I haven't really found any of those that stand out.
key_stroker 4y ago
https://lobste.rs/ https://lobste.rs/
- eps 4y ago
  Erm... not everyone's cup o' tea. There's a handful of arrogant know-it-all "oldtimers" that does an excellent job driving newcomers away.
  - Amfy 4y ago
    Yeah, I haven't managed to get an invite in months
    - unmole 4y ago
      Sent an invite to the email address in your profile.
- crclist 4y ago
  Unfortunately the invite requirement keeps the rabble like me out.
jokestir 4y ago
lesswrong.com
- sph 4y ago
  If you really like Effective Altruism and a general air of snobbishness and holier-than-thou attitude. Every time I tried to get into that place, it feels like stepping into a secret meeting of Eton College students discussing the meaning of poverty. Feels a little detached from reality to be able to take that place seriously.
  - jokestir 4y ago
    I haven't explored the 'Effective Altruism' section of that site. I frequent the Economics and AI section. Those sections have a high signal to noise ratio. Can get snobbish sometimes, you are right.
samsquire 4y ago
I enjoy r/programminglanguages if you're interested in programming language implementation and theory.
- karmakaze 4y ago
  I do, but find the volume a bit low so I combined it into an aggregate[0] with /r/programming etc. And if that's not enough add an 's' .../m/programmings. If too much, copy and customize. [0] https://www.reddit.com/user/karmakaze1/m/programming https://www.reddit.com/user/karmakaze1/m/programming
NIdaGnGER 4y ago
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WniAggTCerH 4y ago
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wdpk 4y ago
https://www.metafilter.com/ https://www.metafilter.com/ way less tech focused though
Leftium 4y ago
https://www.recurse.com/blog/112-how-rc-uses-zulip https://www.recurse.com/blog/112-how-rc-uses-zulip I don't have personal experience with the Recurse Center community, but I imagine it's pretty close to what you're looking for. The Recurse Center is a community of 2000+ technically inclined people. They have a very active Zulip forum. It's free, but very difficult to get in. You have to first apply and then dedicate at least 6 weeks of your life to learning. --- Also: I've learned a lot hanging out on the Svelte discord: https://svelte.dev/chat https://svelte.dev/chat
limitedsupply 4y ago
Mod Wiggler (ex-Muff Wiggler) [0] and Gearspace (ex-Gearslutz) [1] are great if you are into music technology. [0] https://www.modwiggler.com/forum/index.php https://www.modwiggler.com/forum/index.php [1] https://gearspace.com/ https://gearspace.com/
listenfaster 4y ago
I don’t have a direct answer to your question, but it did trigger a few thoughts I thought I’d share: I miss the crosstalk between print media and online community. It wasn’t too long ago where I would go into a venue and find the local free weekly paper that led me to trawl for more online. Sites like this one fill the need broadly, and I’m getting better every month at learning to filter what I see on HN. Location-real or virtual-is often the first way we apply a filter for interests, and it feels counterintuitive when the location has gotten dumber/more mediocre than last time I was in. Like a millionaire buying the art house theater or radio station and ruining it with scale. I like HN because it isn’t solely tech-focused - it’s inherently focus-less - and is a jumping off point for deeper discussion as well as deeper linking to related data points. I’m not sure this is what you are looking for in a community, but your question made me think for a sec about why I value HN so thought I’d share. I also like the sentiment I heard on related thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34406075 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34406075 “I try to think of commenting and participation more as just talking to one person rather than trying to score points from the community.”
Malky 4y ago
I enjoy r/ExperiencedDevs on Reddit.

sinenomine 4y ago

https://themotte.org https://themotte.org has a decent standard of discussion.

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mtmail 4y ago

Related from last week "Ask HN: Sites with the quality of Hacker News, but for more general topics?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34302827 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34302827

zeristor 4y ago

There were/are some code clones of HackerNews for Machine Learning, I can't quite remember the URLs

mooreds 4y ago

I like some of the reddits. /r/programming is pretty good, though with significant overlap with HN. Slacks are fantastic, if you can find focused ones with good moderation. For example, the Rands leadership slack is, bar none, the best place to go for engineering management advice: https://randsinrepose.com/welcome-to-rands-leadership-slack/ https://randsinrepose.com/welcome-to-rands-leadership-slack/ I presume the same is true of focused discords, though I haven't really found any of those that stand out.

key_stroker 4y ago

https://lobste.rs/ https://lobste.rs/

eps 4y ago
Erm... not everyone's cup o' tea. There's a handful of arrogant know-it-all "oldtimers" that does an excellent job driving newcomers away.
- Amfy 4y ago
  Yeah, I haven't managed to get an invite in months
  - unmole 4y ago
    Sent an invite to the email address in your profile.
crclist 4y ago
Unfortunately the invite requirement keeps the rabble like me out.

jokestir 4y ago

lesswrong.com

sph 4y ago
If you really like Effective Altruism and a general air of snobbishness and holier-than-thou attitude. Every time I tried to get into that place, it feels like stepping into a secret meeting of Eton College students discussing the meaning of poverty. Feels a little detached from reality to be able to take that place seriously.
- jokestir 4y ago
  I haven't explored the 'Effective Altruism' section of that site. I frequent the Economics and AI section. Those sections have a high signal to noise ratio. Can get snobbish sometimes, you are right.

samsquire 4y ago

I enjoy r/programminglanguages if you're interested in programming language implementation and theory.

karmakaze 4y ago
I do, but find the volume a bit low so I combined it into an aggregate[0] with /r/programming etc. And if that's not enough add an 's' .../m/programmings. If too much, copy and customize. [0] https://www.reddit.com/user/karmakaze1/m/programming https://www.reddit.com/user/karmakaze1/m/programming

NIdaGnGER 4y ago

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WniAggTCerH 4y ago

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wdpk 4y ago

https://www.metafilter.com/ https://www.metafilter.com/ way less tech focused though

Leftium 4y ago

https://www.recurse.com/blog/112-how-rc-uses-zulip https://www.recurse.com/blog/112-how-rc-uses-zulip I don't have personal experience with the Recurse Center community, but I imagine it's pretty close to what you're looking for. The Recurse Center is a community of 2000+ technically inclined people. They have a very active Zulip forum. It's free, but very difficult to get in. You have to first apply and then dedicate at least 6 weeks of your life to learning. --- Also: I've learned a lot hanging out on the Svelte discord: https://svelte.dev/chat https://svelte.dev/chat

limitedsupply 4y ago

Mod Wiggler (ex-Muff Wiggler) [0] and Gearspace (ex-Gearslutz) [1] are great if you are into music technology. [0] https://www.modwiggler.com/forum/index.php https://www.modwiggler.com/forum/index.php [1] https://gearspace.com/ https://gearspace.com/

listenfaster 4y ago

I don’t have a direct answer to your question, but it did trigger a few thoughts I thought I’d share: I miss the crosstalk between print media and online community. It wasn’t too long ago where I would go into a venue and find the local free weekly paper that led me to trawl for more online. Sites like this one fill the need broadly, and I’m getting better every month at learning to filter what I see on HN. Location-real or virtual-is often the first way we apply a filter for interests, and it feels counterintuitive when the location has gotten dumber/more mediocre than last time I was in. Like a millionaire buying the art house theater or radio station and ruining it with scale. I like HN because it isn’t solely tech-focused - it’s inherently focus-less - and is a jumping off point for deeper discussion as well as deeper linking to related data points. I’m not sure this is what you are looking for in a community, but your question made me think for a sec about why I value HN so thought I’d share. I also like the sentiment I heard on related thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34406075 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34406075 “I try to think of commenting and participation more as just talking to one person rather than trying to score points from the community.”

Malky 4y ago

I enjoy r/ExperiencedDevs on Reddit.