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Ask HN: What are good HN alternatives?

15 points by flippyhead 13y ago

Yeah yeah, HN is great, I spend too much time constantly checking for new whatever. I'd like to branch out. Got any suggestions?

ProfAesop 13y ago
Yes. Thelist http://thelist.io/ http://thelist.io/ Don't be shy to ask for an invite.
- colbyaley 13y ago
  :)
- flippyhead 13y ago
  I have so applied. But only because the very requirement of an application is seductive. I'll also try using it.
thoughtcriminal 13y ago
Slashdot: http://slashdot.org http://slashdot.org
- mikestew 13y ago
  Just as a counter, I'll mention that I don't spend nearly the time on Slashdot that I used to. The signal-to-noise ratio has never been great, but lately it seems to have gotten particularly bad (or maybe it's just me). Since the Dice.com buyout the ads have grown increasingly obnoxious, with what appears to be an increase in "slashvertisements" to boot.
  - meerita 13y ago
    I remember in the 90s when I was all day non-stop reading Slashdot news and wandering in the pile of comments. In 2000, it was common for each news posting to have +1200-1500 comments, now is really rare to see such activity.
npguy 13y ago
There is a HN for ideas at http://firespotting.com http://firespotting.com
t0 13y ago
https://lobste.rs/ https://lobste.rs/
krapp 13y ago
I'm going to pay for this but has anyone cloned HN in php? Are all of these implementations in Arc?
- colbyaley 13y ago
  http://thelist.io http://thelist.io is written in Ruby.
jkuria 13y ago
And there is AfriTech for African Technology, Startups and Business. See this: http://AfriTech.com/blog/about http://AfriTech.com/blog/about for a description (and this for actual news: http://AfriTech.com http://AfriTech.com)
mikestew 13y ago
What are you looking for? Science and technology? Cool startups? Articles on coding? Just a clone of HN, only different? I have my own list, but each item on the list is a bit specialized (IOW, maybe not of interest to you), and HN keeps me up in general. Maybe listing some specifics can help others point you in the right direction.
- Mz 13y ago
  If you are okay with it, please share your list and a few words about the value of each to you. Thanks.
achompas 13y ago
For purely technical stuff, I've bookmarked a bunch of domain specific Stack Overflows (and clones). Next: break the HN habit by adding it to /etc/hosts! Also like Lobsters (lobste.rs), and you can curate your front page there.
chayemo 13y ago
thenextweb.com ?

15 points by flippyhead 13y ago

Yeah yeah, HN is great, I spend too much time constantly checking for new whatever. I'd like to branch out. Got any suggestions?

ProfAesop 13y ago

Yes. Thelist http://thelist.io/ http://thelist.io/ Don't be shy to ask for an invite.

colbyaley 13y ago
:)
flippyhead 13y ago
I have so applied. But only because the very requirement of an application is seductive. I'll also try using it.

thoughtcriminal 13y ago

Slashdot: http://slashdot.org http://slashdot.org

mikestew 13y ago
Just as a counter, I'll mention that I don't spend nearly the time on Slashdot that I used to. The signal-to-noise ratio has never been great, but lately it seems to have gotten particularly bad (or maybe it's just me). Since the Dice.com buyout the ads have grown increasingly obnoxious, with what appears to be an increase in "slashvertisements" to boot.
- meerita 13y ago
  I remember in the 90s when I was all day non-stop reading Slashdot news and wandering in the pile of comments. In 2000, it was common for each news posting to have +1200-1500 comments, now is really rare to see such activity.

npguy 13y ago

There is a HN for ideas at http://firespotting.com http://firespotting.com

t0 13y ago

https://lobste.rs/ https://lobste.rs/

krapp 13y ago

I'm going to pay for this but has anyone cloned HN in php? Are all of these implementations in Arc?

colbyaley 13y ago
http://thelist.io http://thelist.io is written in Ruby.

jkuria 13y ago

And there is AfriTech for African Technology, Startups and Business. See this: http://AfriTech.com/blog/about http://AfriTech.com/blog/about for a description (and this for actual news: http://AfriTech.com http://AfriTech.com)

mikestew 13y ago

What are you looking for? Science and technology? Cool startups? Articles on coding? Just a clone of HN, only different? I have my own list, but each item on the list is a bit specialized (IOW, maybe not of interest to you), and HN keeps me up in general. Maybe listing some specifics can help others point you in the right direction.

Mz 13y ago
If you are okay with it, please share your list and a few words about the value of each to you. Thanks.

achompas 13y ago

For purely technical stuff, I've bookmarked a bunch of domain specific Stack Overflows (and clones). Next: break the HN habit by adding it to /etc/hosts! Also like Lobsters (lobste.rs), and you can curate your front page there.

chayemo 13y ago

thenextweb.com ?