There are some HN-alikes, such as Lobste.rs, which appears to be ~10% the size but often carries similar article selections. <https://lobste.rs/ https://lobste

There are some HN-alikes, such as Lobste.rs, which appears to be ~10% the size but often carries similar article selections. <https://lobste.rs/ https://lobste.rs/> There is Tildes.net, which was inspired by Reddit (founder is an ex-Reddit employee). <https://tildes.net/ https://tildes.net/> There remains Metafilter, which continues to have exceptionally high S/N: <https://www.metafilter.com/ https://www.metafilter.com/> Individual blogs and podcasts occasionally have useful discussion. Mostly the mode seems to be waning in my experience.