1. IRC. Thankfully, dropping into an IRC channel is still difficult for casual trolls and spammers and, even if they do, IRC channels are usually heavily modera

1. IRC. Thankfully, dropping into an IRC channel is still difficult for casual trolls and spammers and, even if they do, IRC channels are usually heavily moderated. 2. Reddit. Like it or not, some of those subreddits actually have useful content. 3. Lambda the Ultimate for CS news. I'm sure there are similar communities which cater to only one specific subject ares out there. 4. Mailing lists. I'm told some universities have nice mailing lists, and then there are FOSS lists. Let your mail client sort out all the spam. Look around. Google. I'm sure there are places on the web where intelligent life still exists.