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Ask HN: What are some alternatives to HN?
Specifically, sites where you can post links and comment on them, but with a focus on technical topics.
EDIT: it's okay if it's not a popular (yet) site, just looking for all the options
EDIT2: this isn't a complaint about HN, just asking
EDIT3: please post them in auto-link format, thanks a ton
- ColinWright 13y agohttp://lobste.rs http://lobste.rs
- aweb 13y agoI really like the way Lobsters works. It allows very interesting discussions without flaming or useless posts. However, it's also the reason why I can't join them, unfortunately. It'd be a joy to participate in such a community!
- xmonkee 13y agoWhy can't you join them?
- akama 13y agoThey are invite only.
- phlo 13y agoJudging by your comment history, I can't spot a reason not to risk sending an invitation. My email address is in my profile, ping me if you're interested.
- untothebreach 13y agoAt the risk of being 'that guy,' any chance you could spare an invite for me?
- roryokane 13y agoThe inviter needs to know your email address to send you an invite. I suggest just putting your email in your HN profile (https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=untothebreach https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=untothebreach). You can obfuscate it if you’re worried about harvesting. Or if you only want to share the address temporarily, for this thread, post it at https://onetimesecret.com/ https://onetimesecret.com/. You comments seem fine, so I would invite you if I knew your email address.
- untothebreach 13y agoAdded my email, thanks for letting me know.
- qworty 13y agodoes anyone have an invite for my for lobste.rs would be great, don't get why it's a closed community.
- phlo 13y agoI actually bookmarked your post on vi mode in bash a couple of months ago. That'll do as proof you're worthy. :-) My email address is listed in my profile. Ping me for an invite.
- jamesbritt 13y ago... don't get why it's a closed community. I believe the idea is that people get in by invitation; if a member ends up being a problem (i.e. gets down-voted too often or something) then not only are they booted but so is the person who invited them. This being the case, people need to exercise some care before sending an invite since that person's behavior will be reflected back on them. It's an interesting approach to growing a community.
- balladeer 13y ago> then not only are they booted but so is the person who invited them. I understand why this was put in place there but that's the reason I don't really invite others. I have no way of knowing whether he or she will be down-voted. Still, it's better to get kicked out and know that, than being shadow-banned and not knowing what attracted that.
- krapp 13y agoIt's better... but I still think it's a bit fascist. To each their own, though.
- dmunoz 13y agoI really like lobste.rs' tagging system, and appreciate that it lets me focus on what I am interested in at that moment in time.
- Spittie 13y agoI really wish HN would have tags, that's the killer feature of lobster for me (Someone posted http://newshack.io/ http://newshack.io/ a while ago, which is an interface for HN with automatically generated tags, but I don't find it as good). I've mixed feelings instead toward it being invite only - From one side, the fact that your account is something "precious" can encourage smart/intelligent discussions, and it's also hard for trolls/spammers to get in (and easier for the moderators to ban them permanently). On the other side instead I like open communities, where the barrier to entry is very low (for example HN, or the always hated 4chan). Not that I can have a strong opinion about the lobster community, as I read it from time to time, but don't have an account on it.
- burntsushi 13y agoLobsters has an invitation queue that you can enter. That's how I joined. I got an invite in about an hour.
- roryokane 13y agoYour HN comment history shows you’re not a spammer. I’ve sent you an invite, to the email address in your profile.
- NicoJuicy 13y agoI'm also creating a hackernews with tags (but more for SMB and personalisation (eg. news,interests, ...))
- jamesbritt 13y agoPeople who might like a Lobsters invite should make their E-mail known in their profile. (Having some contact info in your HN profile is probably a good idea in general. I think the likelihood of spam is pretty low.)
- stcredzero 13y agoMy email is in my profile (human readable)
- futurist 13y agoA lobster invite would be nice. Thanks in advance.
- yigitcakar 13y agoIf you can, can you invite me to lobste.rs? It seems like a community that I would be proud to be a part of. Thanks in advance. You can invite me through ygtckr()gmail.com
- protomyth 13y agoHas anyone used the code for a private discussion board? I am looking for one for a community college and the tagging and invites look nice.
- 3pt14159 13y agoI'd like an invite to lobste.rs if someone has one.
- ufmace 13y agosent
- ufmace 13y agoWith the requests pinging around here, I'll say it explicitly - I'm a member, and I'm happy to send an invite to any active HNer.
- brokenparser 13y agoWoohoo! Me too, pretty please?
- lordgilman 13y agoI'd appreciate an invite.
- angersock 13y agoWhy hello there. :)
- instakill 13y agoI'd like one please.
- sandis 13y agoAn invite would be awesome!
- ufmace 13y agoSure, just need an email address - can't see one in your profile. The normal email field is only visible to site admins, I think.
- madsushi 13y agoOne more.
- ufmace 13y agoSure, just need an email address - can't see one in your profile. The normal email field is only visible to site admins, I think.
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- nolok 13y agoThis seems great but I can't register, if someone could send me an invite, that would be awesome !
- coloncapitald 13y agoI can invite interested people to lobste.rs. Need your email for it. "Invitations are unlimited, but persons you invite will be associated with your account in the user tree and you may be responsible for them if they cause problems. Please use your discretion when inviting persons you don't personally know."
- aceofspades19 13y agoAn invite would be welcome :)
- coloncapitald 13y agoI need your email address to invite you.
- aceofspades19 13y agoit should be in my profile
- arh68 13y agoYou don't personally know me (yet), but I'd much appreciate an invite! I'm not a spammer. Use your discretion. :)
- coloncapitald 13y agoInvited. Welcome.
- zhemao 13y agoI am also willing to send out some invites. PM me if you are interested.
- unionjack22 13y agoI would so very much appreciate an invite. Thanks regardless!
- arvindravi 13y agoI'd also appreciate an invite. Thanks!
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- zhemao 13y agoJust realized that HN doesn't do PMs. If you want an invite, shoot me an email. You can find it on my Github account (linked from my HN profile).
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- tohash 13y agonews.layervault.com, producthunt.co
- shill 13y agoReddit subreddits are great. http://reddit.com/r/programming http://reddit.com/r/programming http://reddit.com/r/linux http://reddit.com/r/linux http://reddit.com/r/python http://reddit.com/r/python http://reddit.com/r/django http://reddit.com/r/django etc...
- est 13y agoStill remember proggit was shit and people created r/coding. Moderation changed that.
- sixthloginorso 13y agoThere's barely any blogspam anymore on proggit, and if some manages to get through, it gets the customary tar-and-feathers treatment which even good submissions receive, only with more abundant, and hotter tar.
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- Mandatum 13y agohttp://lesswrong.org http://lesswrong.org "Less Wrong is an online community for people who want to apply the discovery of biases like the conjunction fallacy, the affect heuristic, and scope insensitivity.."
- tedks 13y agoLess Wrong is an online community for people who like misogyny, discussion thereof, and oneupmanship via the wide array of in-references. And according to their own surveys, they aren't very successful at debiasing, either.
- krapp 13y agohttp://pastebin.com/8Bcaaw2M http://pastebin.com/8Bcaaw2M
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- sp332 13y agosites which appear to be using the actual HN code: (http://coinspotting.com/ http://coinspotting.com/) [Coinspotting | Hacker News for cryptocurrencies] (http://www.datatau.com/ http://www.datatau.com/) [DataTau | Hacker News for data scientists] (http://firespotting.com/newest http://firespotting.com/newest) [Firespotting |Hacker news for ideas] (http://www.medtechnologynews.com/ http://www.medtechnologynews.com/) [Med Technology News | Hacker News for medical technology] other layouts: (http://inbound.org/ http://inbound.org/) [Inbound | Hacker News for marketing] (http://pullup.io http://pullup.io) [Pullup.io | Hacker News for people who can contribute to a Node.js codebase] (http://www.producthunt.co http://www.producthunt.co) [Product Hunt | Hacker News for products] (http://news.makerland.org/ http://news.makerland.org/) [Maker News | Hacker News for DIY/Making] (http://lamernews.com/ http://lamernews.com/) [Lamer News | Hacker News with... lameness I guess] (http://www.woodspotting.com/ http://www.woodspotting.com/) [Woodspotting | Hacker News for wood]
- turnersr 13y agohttp://www.reddit.com/r/REMath/ http://www.reddit.com/r/REMath/ http://www.reddit.com/r/ReverseEngineering/ http://www.reddit.com/r/ReverseEngineering/ http://www.reddit.com/r/lowlevel/ http://www.reddit.com/r/lowlevel/ http://www.reddit.com/r/vrd/ http://www.reddit.com/r/vrd/ http://www.reddit.com/r/systems/ http://www.reddit.com/r/systems/ http://www.reddit.com/r/math/ http://www.reddit.com/r/math/ http://www.reddit.com/r/types/ http://www.reddit.com/r/types/ http://www.reddit.com/r/dependent_types/ http://www.reddit.com/r/dependent_types/ http://www.reddit.com/r/Coq/ http://www.reddit.com/r/Coq/ http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/ http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/ http://www.reddit.com/r/ocaml/ http://www.reddit.com/r/ocaml/ http://www.reddit.com/r/crypto/ http://www.reddit.com/r/crypto/ http://www.reddit.com/r/fsharp/ http://www.reddit.com/r/fsharp/ http://www.reddit.com/r/scala/ http://www.reddit.com/r/scala/ http://www.reddit.com/r/lisp/ http://www.reddit.com/r/lisp/ http://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammingLanguages/ http://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammingLanguages/ http://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/ http://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/ http://www.reddit.com/r/PhilosophyofMath/ http://www.reddit.com/r/PhilosophyofMath/ http://www.reddit.com/r/AcademicPhilosophy/ http://www.reddit.com/r/AcademicPhilosophy/ http://www.reddit.com/r/PhilosophyofScience/ http://www.reddit.com/r/PhilosophyofScience/ http://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/ http://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/ http://www.reddit.com/r/IPython/ http://www.reddit.com/r/IPython/ http://www.reddit.com/r/statistics/ http://www.reddit.com/r/statistics/ http://www.reddit.com/r/Design/ http://www.reddit.com/r/Design/ http://www.reddit.com/r/museum/ http://www.reddit.com/r/museum/
- banachtarski 13y agoAlso, r/cpp, r/lua, r/opengl, r/gamedev
- Widdershin 13y agoI made a multi-reddit out of most of these and some more mentioned in this thread in case anyone wants one. http://www.reddit.com/user/Widdershiny/m/hackernews http://www.reddit.com/user/Widdershiny/m/hackernews
- SnowProblem 13y agoPerfect, thanks for sharing. Now if only we could subscribe to multi-reddits.
- srik 13y agoSubreddits aside, I have taken a liking towards Designer News - news.layervault.com
- adamnemecek 13y agoDo you (or anyone else) happen to have an invite you could spare? Being in a different timezone, I always forget to sign up within the time window when it's open. I promise not to shitpost (or you know, not to shitpost too much).
- therusstler 13y agoIf you add your email to your profile I'll send you one
- adamnemecek 13y agoSomeone already responded thanks though.
- hrabago 13y agoI like DN as well and browse it almost daily. However I'm not a designer. Is being a designer required for an invite?
- therusstler 13y agoNot as far as I know, If you're interested in the stuff that gets posted thats enough I think. Its obviously attached to layervault the PSD version control tool, and there are benefits to linking your account but that's it. Would you like an invite?
- hrabago 13y agoYes please! My email is in my profile page. Thanks!
- Mutinix 13y ago
- SkyMarshal 13y agoIRC. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7161236 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7161236
- ionwake 13y agoBrilliant! Thanks
- serkanyersen 13y agohttp://www.echojs.com/ http://www.echojs.com/ is Hacker news for Javascript
- _random_ 13y agoLike there is not enough of this stuff here on HN.
- lingben 13y agohubski
- jjsz 13y agohttps://pinboard.in/popular/ https://pinboard.in/popular/
- ionwake 13y agoI cannot divulge what I am working on just yet, but this thread and your post have certainly helped to make it great. Thanks!
- jjsz 13y agoDon't forget to divulge when you can.
- khyh 13y agohttps://pinboard.in/t:python/ https://pinboard.in/t:python/ https://pinboard.in/t:django/ https://pinboard.in/t:django/ Tagging is nice.
- wwwwwwwwww 13y agohttp://dis.4chan.org/prog/ http://dis.4chan.org/prog/ http://boards.4chan.org/g/ http://boards.4chan.org/g/ try not to enjoy yourself too much
- deleted 13y ago[deleted]
- babby 13y agoUgh, /g/ is pleb-filled unfortunately. The majority of the threads illicit facepalms because the crowd there, while not as bad as Redditors, politically, are quite shallow in their expertise. Simply put, a lot of nerds who don't really know a lot, especially when it comes to what hackernews specializes in. It's likely due to it being the only place on 4chan people feel their desktop/tech support thread fits on.
- excitom 13y agoThe old classic: http://slashdot.org/ http://slashdot.org/
- coupdejarnac 13y agoThe alternative Slashdot movement has gained steam in the past week or so: http://soylentnews.org/ http://soylentnews.org/ Good news for me: I improved from a 4 digit slashdot id# to a three digit number on the new site. :/
- lowglow 13y agosupplemental, not an alternative to: http://techendo.co/ http://techendo.co/
- iamdanfox 13y agohttp://www.echojs.com/ http://www.echojs.com/ - a JS-related Hacker News
- wahnfrieden 13y agohttp://usv.com http://usv.com
- ionwake 13y agoAre there any Newsgroups recommendations? For instance - comp.misc ?
- mmphosis 13y agohttp://www.reddit.com/r/lisp/ http://www.reddit.com/r/lisp/ http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/ http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/ http://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammingLanguages/ http://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammingLanguages/ http://www.reddit.com/r/coding/ http://www.reddit.com/r/coding/
- swordswinger12 13y agoNot quite what you were looking for, but a damned interesting site nonetheless - http://www.aldaily.com/ http://www.aldaily.com/
- jordsmi 13y agoReddit is my go to since there is a subreddit for almost any topic.
- 4lph4_D4wg 13y agoAnd shadow bans , and manipulated voting , and crazy mods , that somehow control 100s of subreddits. Seriously , take a look sometime at the mod accounts and notice how much of reddit is completely controlled by the same people. The place is really controlled by mods not by the voting , the voting is an illusion and is easily manipulated. Ultimately the mods and admins have final say on what you see no matter what the vote count. I am not a fan of reddit and hope for something better.
- q3k 13y ago...so basically it's like HN?
- gangster_dave 13y agoQuora is great for finding interesting startup and tech tidbits.
- kindlez 13y agoYou should check out http://business.snapzu.com http://business.snapzu.com or http://tech.snapzu.com http://tech.snapzu.com (same service, different categories) It's a more visual approach, and new submissions start small and get bigger as they get more popular (amount of votes) on the grid.
- krogsgard 13y agoThe Digg technology tag is actually pretty good. http://digg.com/tag/technology http://digg.com/tag/technology
- stcredzero 13y agoAlternatives are irrelevant. Resistance is futile.
- dotBen 13y agoAre you compiling a seed list for an aggregator/machine learning type project?
- sdegutis 13y agoNope, just looking for a community to join that never gives me the cryptic message "You're submitting too fast. Please slow down. Thanks".
- gtmtg 13y agohttp://monocle.io http://monocle.io
- markkat 13y agohttp://hubski.com/tag?id=technology http://hubski.com/tag?id=technology http://hubski.com/tag?id=linux http://hubski.com/tag?id=linux http://hubski.com/tag?id=programming http://hubski.com/tag?id=programming http://hubski.com/tag?id=math http://hubski.com/tag?id=math http://hubski.com/tag?id=physics http://hubski.com/tag?id=physics http://hubski.com/tag?id=economics http://hubski.com/tag?id=economics etc.
- mergy 13y agoLife.
- 3rd3 13y agoGoing outside.
- sdegutis 13y agoI'm not a fan of their commenting system: it's not very easy to read the scrollback after a few days.
- protomyth 13y agoAlso, someone installed the "polar vortex" mod and we've had temperatures going from -25F to 38F and back with some nasty winds. By the way, the driving in a -F day after a 32F+ day is seriously a pain.
- angersock 13y agoThe moderators are dicks too, sometimes hellbanning you for many, many years without reason.
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- flibertgibit 13y agoabout:blank Get off your computer. Go outside. Read a fucking book.
- sdegutis 13y agoWasn't that a little unnecessarily hostile to a stranger you know nothing about?
- a3n 13y agoThat's when it's most satisfying, when you don't know them and they can't see you. Think of all the times you've been flipped off by someone in a car because you moved a fraction of a second too slowly; those people must really like flipping people off.
- lucaspiller 13y agoLifestyle / small business stuff: http://lifestyle.io/ http://lifestyle.io/ - Appears to be down though :( http://www.reddit.com/r/entrepreneur http://www.reddit.com/r/entrepreneur - People who have made it complaining about people who haven't http://www.reddit.com/r/smallbusiness http://www.reddit.com/r/smallbusiness - More brick and mortar http://www.reddit.com/r/startups http://www.reddit.com/r/startups - Lots of 'startups' where people have built a website, with the occasional actual business
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- IvyMike 13y agoThis isn't an existing site, but it's an idea for a new site. It always seemed to me like the list of up/downvotes forms a graph not unlike hyperlinks the web; I'd be curious to see a site that tried to apply a PageRank-like algorithm to that graph rather than a pure "one vote = one point" system like reddit. Of course this would probably lead to SEO-like techniques and attempts to game the system, and high-karma accounts would probably end up being sold for cash, it might encourage groupthink, etc, but it still would be interesting to see how it rolled out.
- zeckalpha 13y agoYou may be interested in reading HN's source: http://arclanguage.org/install http://arclanguage.org/install
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- freetonik 13y agoFor Russian-speaking crowd there is https://develop.re/ https://develop.re/
- SeanDav 13y agohttp://boingboing.net http://boingboing.net is a rather interesting, if somewhat alternate, source of tech and other news.
- pmcpinto 13y agoA few weeks ago I launched http://thecurrency.io/ http://thecurrency.io/, which is like a HN for cryptocurrencies and the future of money. Feel free to give me some suggestions.
- MichaelMoser123 13y agoWork, doing something productive instead of hanging out in all these places (that's intended for my own self, hear that?)
- GamblersFallacy 13y agoSimple python scraper for all the links: import requests import lxml.html dom = lxml.html.fromstring(requests.get('https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7254884' https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7254884').content) [x for x in dom.xpath('//a/@href') if '//' in x and 'ycombinator.com' not in x]
- rudexpunx 13y agohttps://techpost.com https://techpost.com (early dev. version)
- lauradhamilton 13y agohttp://www.medtechnologynews.com/ http://www.medtechnologynews.com/
- tdk 13y agonews:comp.misc is active and interesting http://squte.com http://squte.com provides a moderated interface to newsgroups (it will be familiar if you have ever been to slashdot.org) http://soylentnews.org http://soylentnews.org