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OP here. Agree completely. The average article quality used to be great there, especially for niche apps/programs, the "hive five" feature, and detailed how-to

OP here. Agree completely. The average article quality used to be great there, especially for niche apps/programs, the "hive five" feature, and detailed how-to guides. There's still some great content on there - like you can see in an aggregate article like this one. However, the average article quality has declined significantly. Once Gina Trapiani left, I noticed a drop in quality. The awful, Gawker-pushed redesign hurt too, probably turning away some of the more valuable members who contributed great stuff in the comments like you noted. If lifehacker was an independent entity (or even an autonomous one like Reddit within Conde Nast) it could be fantastic. Not possible while Gawker is pushing it's media properties to a race to the bottom in search of traffic though. Gizmodo has gotten significantly worse too unfortunately.

w1ntermute 14y ago
Are there any sites that have risen to take its place? I think there's a lot of value in a site that does the sort of blogging Lifehacker does, but in a more concise and useful manner (like they used to).
- roldie 14y ago
  I've seen some of the past top commenters on How-To Geek and Ars Technica forums. But there's nothing that really replicates the old Lifehacker. Reddit's LifeProTips might be good eventually, but there is a significant amount of noise since it isn't curated like a blog.
illuminate 14y ago
"There's still some great content on there" I imagine, but sifting through the content farm-quality junk articles to find those takes away any possible life productivity benefit they would have.
- patrickk 14y ago
  Usually what I do is google specific things that I know Lifehacker is likely to have good content for: "lifehacker + ThingIWantToDo", e.g. "lifehacker + automated media centre" or "lifehacker + hive five vpn". That throws up the good, older content (sometimes newer/updated content too) without sifting through the crap.
rhizome 14y ago
All Nick Denton properties are Zyngas of publishing.

w1ntermute 14y ago

Are there any sites that have risen to take its place? I think there's a lot of value in a site that does the sort of blogging Lifehacker does, but in a more concise and useful manner (like they used to).

roldie 14y ago
I've seen some of the past top commenters on How-To Geek and Ars Technica forums. But there's nothing that really replicates the old Lifehacker. Reddit's LifeProTips might be good eventually, but there is a significant amount of noise since it isn't curated like a blog.

illuminate 14y ago

"There's still some great content on there" I imagine, but sifting through the content farm-quality junk articles to find those takes away any possible life productivity benefit they would have.

patrickk 14y ago
Usually what I do is google specific things that I know Lifehacker is likely to have good content for: "lifehacker + ThingIWantToDo", e.g. "lifehacker + automated media centre" or "lifehacker + hive five vpn". That throws up the good, older content (sometimes newer/updated content too) without sifting through the crap.

rhizome 14y ago

All Nick Denton properties are Zyngas of publishing.