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Ask HN: Where do you find the links that you submit to HN?

7 points by notRobot 2y ago

gregjor 2y ago
The internet.
theGeatZhopa 2y ago
I search on GOOG for it. If I can't find anything there I use DDG.
beardyw 2y ago
I read the news. I follow some RSS feeds. If something interests me and I think HN would like it too, I post it.
Tomte 2y ago
General web browsing, my RSS feed reader, my ~6000 curated and tagged bookmarks.
Bender 2y ago
I pull up the browser bookmark section labelled News and I look at each site manually to see what things people here may find interesting. It is just a list of sites I have found interesting articles in the past. As paywalls get added I delete the site entry.
Leftium 2y ago
Most were found via internet searches while trying to solve certain problems for work/life. Some links were shared with me, either personally or via HN/Digg/Reddit. --- Explanations of where I found my most upvoted links: [298] Story Structure 101: Super Basic Shit (https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/34576085 https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/34576085) - I think I found this on Digg. [239] Scale of the Universe (https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/40083285 https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/40083285) - Kagi search for something I wanted to share after seeing https://youtu.be/1kjvgWBHzec https://youtu.be/1kjvgWBHzec. I think I saw the original scale of the universe animation either on HN or Digg. [136] How to Move Your Google Photos (https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/38065002 https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/38065002) - Found while trying to figure out how to move photos from my university Google Workspace account before it was deleted. [51] Keypirinha: A fast launcher for keyboard ninjas on Windows (https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/39022891 https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/39022891) - I have used many keyboard launchers, starting with Launchy. I think I found Launchy via HN. (Maybe Reddit/Digg?) After commenting on some related HN discussion, I decided to share my favorite launcher. I think I discovered Keypirinha via a Show HN. [40] Pico CSS v2 comes with 380 manually crafted colors (https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/39488979 https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/39488979) - I found Pico while searching for Tailwind alternatives that didn't obliterate all default styling into indistinguishable elements. [33] A smarter CD command. Supports all major shells (https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/39376538 https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/39376538) - Zoxide was recommended to me on YouTube, after viewing related videos (Maybe OML videos? I started searching for something related to plaintext on Kagi, and the results took me to a YouTube video.) --- One time, I checked an HN account with a fairly high karma. Turns out it was spamming many posts per day. Mostly reposting other people's new links that hadn't caught on yet or freshly re-eligible links (was about a year since it last made the HN front page). Most posts had few/no votes, but a small percentage of these reposts got a lot of votes.
freediver 2y ago
Kagi Small Web (as it features many blogs from people that have been featured on HN) https://kagi.com/smallweb https://kagi.com/smallweb

7 points by notRobot 2y ago

gregjor 2y ago

The internet.

theGeatZhopa 2y ago

I search on GOOG for it. If I can't find anything there I use DDG.

beardyw 2y ago

I read the news. I follow some RSS feeds. If something interests me and I think HN would like it too, I post it.

Tomte 2y ago

General web browsing, my RSS feed reader, my ~6000 curated and tagged bookmarks.

Bender 2y ago

I pull up the browser bookmark section labelled News and I look at each site manually to see what things people here may find interesting. It is just a list of sites I have found interesting articles in the past. As paywalls get added I delete the site entry.

Leftium 2y ago

Most were found via internet searches while trying to solve certain problems for work/life. Some links were shared with me, either personally or via HN/Digg/Reddit. --- Explanations of where I found my most upvoted links: [298] Story Structure 101: Super Basic Shit (https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/34576085 https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/34576085) - I think I found this on Digg. [239] Scale of the Universe (https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/40083285 https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/40083285) - Kagi search for something I wanted to share after seeing https://youtu.be/1kjvgWBHzec https://youtu.be/1kjvgWBHzec. I think I saw the original scale of the universe animation either on HN or Digg. [136] How to Move Your Google Photos (https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/38065002 https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/38065002) - Found while trying to figure out how to move photos from my university Google Workspace account before it was deleted. [51] Keypirinha: A fast launcher for keyboard ninjas on Windows (https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/39022891 https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/39022891) - I have used many keyboard launchers, starting with Launchy. I think I found Launchy via HN. (Maybe Reddit/Digg?) After commenting on some related HN discussion, I decided to share my favorite launcher. I think I discovered Keypirinha via a Show HN. [40] Pico CSS v2 comes with 380 manually crafted colors (https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/39488979 https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/39488979) - I found Pico while searching for Tailwind alternatives that didn't obliterate all default styling into indistinguishable elements. [33] A smarter CD command. Supports all major shells (https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/39376538 https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/39376538) - Zoxide was recommended to me on YouTube, after viewing related videos (Maybe OML videos? I started searching for something related to plaintext on Kagi, and the results took me to a YouTube video.) --- One time, I checked an HN account with a fairly high karma. Turns out it was spamming many posts per day. Mostly reposting other people's new links that hadn't caught on yet or freshly re-eligible links (was about a year since it last made the HN front page). Most posts had few/no votes, but a small percentage of these reposts got a lot of votes.

freediver 2y ago

Kagi Small Web (as it features many blogs from people that have been featured on HN) https://kagi.com/smallweb https://kagi.com/smallweb