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Any good alternatives today? E.g., what’s the “HN” for designers?

antidaily 3y ago
No. And Dribbble (now owned by same company as DN) sucks now too.
jacquesm 3y ago
HN. Splitting off a sliver of a community isn't necessarily viable, but that sliver is alive and well on HN and posts about design that are interesting tend to get upvoted, but not a whole lot of those posts are made. It takes effort and that's in part why reddit is so successful, there is enough traffic overall that niches can flourish that would never succeed as a stand-alone website. HN solves this problem by not having categories, which is another valid path. But to make a 'HN for designers' is DOA unless you are willing to put in a lot of time, effort and probably money to attract and retain an audience.
- rchaud 3y ago
  Yes, HN is moderated, meaning that design topics, however rare, do attract discussion. Unfortunately some of that discussion is of the "designers have too much power" variety, but you have to take the good in with the bad.
- davidivadavid 3y ago
  Pretty sure HN is one of the worst places to talk about design on the internet because its population seems oddly averse to the concept, tends to deride it as the useless whimsy of decoration-obsessed simpletons, and in general has nothing valuable to say about it except for its own obsessions with nostalgia-inspired tech aesthetics. It would be okay if it were just that, but coupled with the classic god-complex engineer attitude blaming every problem in the world on designers (you're a "manager"? take your number, you're next) it just makes for a very cringe experience for anyone who cares about design discourse.
- solarwindy 3y ago
  Any high signal/noise subreddits you can recommend?
  - jacquesm 3y ago
    A bit niche, low volume: https://www.reddit.com/r/UX_Design/ https://www.reddit.com/r/UX_Design/ The motherlode, probably a good place to ask if there are interesting niches for whatever particular thing you are interested in. Good luck! https://www.reddit.com/r/graphic_design/ https://www.reddit.com/r/graphic_design/

No. And Dribbble (now owned by same company as DN) sucks now too.

HN. Splitting off a sliver of a community isn't necessarily viable, but that sliver is alive and well on HN and posts about design that are interesting tend to get upvoted, but not a whole lot of those posts are made. It takes effort and that's in part why reddit is so successful, there is enough traffic overall that niches can flourish that would never succeed as a stand-alone website. HN solves this problem by not having categories, which is another valid path. But to make a 'HN for designers' is DOA unless you are willing to put in a lot of time, effort and probably money to attract and retain an audience.

rchaud 3y ago
Yes, HN is moderated, meaning that design topics, however rare, do attract discussion. Unfortunately some of that discussion is of the "designers have too much power" variety, but you have to take the good in with the bad.
davidivadavid 3y ago
Pretty sure HN is one of the worst places to talk about design on the internet because its population seems oddly averse to the concept, tends to deride it as the useless whimsy of decoration-obsessed simpletons, and in general has nothing valuable to say about it except for its own obsessions with nostalgia-inspired tech aesthetics. It would be okay if it were just that, but coupled with the classic god-complex engineer attitude blaming every problem in the world on designers (you're a "manager"? take your number, you're next) it just makes for a very cringe experience for anyone who cares about design discourse.
solarwindy 3y ago
Any high signal/noise subreddits you can recommend?
- jacquesm 3y ago
  A bit niche, low volume: https://www.reddit.com/r/UX_Design/ https://www.reddit.com/r/UX_Design/ The motherlode, probably a good place to ask if there are interesting niches for whatever particular thing you are interested in. Good luck! https://www.reddit.com/r/graphic_design/ https://www.reddit.com/r/graphic_design/