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Ask HN: Is HN Dying?

13 points by parentheses 3y ago

I get the vibe that folks are flocking elsewhere. Curious to hear if folks agree. Also curious to hear where folks may be going.

hindsightbias 3y ago
It’s invite only
- Alifatisk 3y ago
  No, Lobsters is. Not HN.
jaggs 3y ago
Totally agree
freeqaz 3y ago
I use this website even more after the whole Reddit API fiasco. If people are flocking elsewhere, where is this new place? I really love HN and I check it multiple times per day. I have yet to find another place on the internet that's anything like it (personally).
- jaggs 3y ago
  Totally agree. HN is great!
- parentheses 3y ago
  Such same!
dataf3l 3y ago
/r/programming used to be nice I find this nicer Perhaps we’ll have the same fate as metafilter
mindcrime 3y ago
Netcraft confirms it!
keitmo 3y ago
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline... "Betteridge's law of headlines is an adage that states: 'Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.'"
solardev 3y ago
It does seem like there's a lot less substantive posting in the last few months. Maybe the tech downturn makes people less interested in talking about this stuff? Or maybe all the people writing the cool stuff previously were laid off? Sad. Still, I don't know any better place to geek out casually right now. Slashdot sure ain't what it used to be. Twitter is dead. Reddit ain't the same anymore. Where else would people go?
- siamese_puff 3y ago
  A few to shake things up: - https://lobste.rs/ https://lobste.rs/ - https://www.lesswrong.com/ https://www.lesswrong.com/ - https://brutalist.report/ https://brutalist.report/ - https://slashdot.org/ https://slashdot.org/ - https://www.designernews.co/ https://www.designernews.co/
  - Alifatisk 3y ago
    Lesswrong looks cool
v3ss0n 3y ago
HN is only major active crowd sourced technology news source and forum with a sane freedom of speech moderation, without ads and narrative driven algorithms. Why this is a dying place? /r/programming is dead /r/technology is boring Only other place with active tech discussion is 4chan.org/g/
- aurareturn 3y ago
  >with a sane freedom of speech moderation This, I disagree with. HN moderation definitely biases when it comes to politics and Y Combinator people/companies.
lordkrandel 3y ago
No

13 points by parentheses 3y ago

I get the vibe that folks are flocking elsewhere. Curious to hear if folks agree. Also curious to hear where folks may be going.

hindsightbias 3y ago

It’s invite only

Alifatisk 3y ago
No, Lobsters is. Not HN.

jaggs 3y ago

Totally agree

freeqaz 3y ago

I use this website even more after the whole Reddit API fiasco. If people are flocking elsewhere, where is this new place? I really love HN and I check it multiple times per day. I have yet to find another place on the internet that's anything like it (personally).

jaggs 3y ago
Totally agree. HN is great!
parentheses 3y ago
Such same!

dataf3l 3y ago

/r/programming used to be nice I find this nicer Perhaps we’ll have the same fate as metafilter

mindcrime 3y ago

Netcraft confirms it!

keitmo 3y ago

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline... "Betteridge's law of headlines is an adage that states: 'Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.'"

solardev 3y ago

It does seem like there's a lot less substantive posting in the last few months. Maybe the tech downturn makes people less interested in talking about this stuff? Or maybe all the people writing the cool stuff previously were laid off? Sad. Still, I don't know any better place to geek out casually right now. Slashdot sure ain't what it used to be. Twitter is dead. Reddit ain't the same anymore. Where else would people go?

siamese_puff 3y ago
A few to shake things up: - https://lobste.rs/ https://lobste.rs/ - https://www.lesswrong.com/ https://www.lesswrong.com/ - https://brutalist.report/ https://brutalist.report/ - https://slashdot.org/ https://slashdot.org/ - https://www.designernews.co/ https://www.designernews.co/
- Alifatisk 3y ago
  Lesswrong looks cool

v3ss0n 3y ago

HN is only major active crowd sourced technology news source and forum with a sane freedom of speech moderation, without ads and narrative driven algorithms. Why this is a dying place? /r/programming is dead /r/technology is boring Only other place with active tech discussion is 4chan.org/g/

aurareturn 3y ago
>with a sane freedom of speech moderation This, I disagree with. HN moderation definitely biases when it comes to politics and Y Combinator people/companies.

lordkrandel 3y ago