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Ask HN: What other HN-like sites do you read?

28 points| asimjalis | 17 years ago

What other HN-like sites do you read?

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[+] iamelgringo|17 years ago|reply
Reddit, actually. I don't read comments, but I do have a pretty beefy set of sub-reddits which are able to find a lot of good reads. My sub-reddits:

browsers, business, c_language, C_Programming, cogsci, compsci, computergraphics, computers, ComputerSecurity, economy, energy, erlang, Flash_Programming, functional, functionallang, geek, hacking, haskell, javascript, lectures, linux, lisp, math, operabrowser, plt, programming, ProgrammingLanguages, Python, robotics, ruby, scheme, science, software, softwaredevelopment, startups, technology, tedtalks, virtualization, web_design, and for fun WebGames,

[+] dboyd|17 years ago|reply
I found that simply removing 'reddit.com' from 'my reddits' made my front page considerably more valuable.

I do read the comments, as they are generally entertaining. If HN is a student lounge outside the computer lab, Reddit is the local pub ... right before closing time. Two environments that I find valuable :).

[+] dood|17 years ago|reply
I read a lot of the same subreddits, and I think you're missing out by not reading the comments. Sure there can be a lot of noise, but with a little practice you can skim to the gems quite easily.
[+] resdirector|17 years ago|reply
Metafilter and AskMetafilter. They have a once-only $5 fee and a one-week waiting period before you can make your first post. This filters out the Digg / Yahoo! Answers crowd. They also have a culture of trusting users not to make "yo-mama" comments...which succeeds in keeping discussions cordial and intelligent.
[+] tokenadult|17 years ago|reply
New Mogul

http://www.newmogul.com/

for business news. It uses the same ARC-based software as HN, so it's easy to learn the user interface.

[+] josefresco|17 years ago|reply
I'm sorry but the top news stories on New Mogul when I checked represent the type of stories that I especially don't want to see on HN. For people who dig that sort of business 'news', it's a good link.
[+] pivo|17 years ago|reply
Innocuous News
[+] nx|17 years ago|reply
Why the name change? Have I missed something?
[+] edw519|17 years ago|reply
None. Once you start posting here, you feel compelled to follow the discussion threads. Doesn't leave much time for anything else.
[+] chanux|17 years ago|reply
Well HN (or is it IN ;) ) seems to be the wall hole for me. I noticed some quality issues lately but since yesterday I felt HN again :) . No it's not the name change, I felt this even before that. Now I don't have to worry about asking another "Erlang week".
[+] ivankirigin|17 years ago|reply
The only other good news filter is the set of friends and peers I find interesting.

Social voting in the form of posting links and content is awesome. I do this on Twitter, FriendFeed, Tumblr, and Facebook.

It's the people that matter here, which is also why I like In.News.

[+] Devils-Avacado|17 years ago|reply
The other sites I read are too elite, I don't want to blow them up by posting them here.
[+] resdirector|17 years ago|reply
Very good comment. Most sites have a karma/points system which is not robust against dilution of intelligent comments. E.g., if the Digg-crowd started infiltrating Hacker News, then I doubt the karma system would be able to stop this.
[+] johns|17 years ago|reply
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[+] hwijaya|17 years ago|reply
Techmeme. Strange, can't see anyone read it here?
[+] TweedHeads|17 years ago|reply
Slashdot was a really good place to hang out but never got with the times and got left behind.

Digg was a good source of news a couple of years ago, then went downhill.

Reddit was tech savvy too when it started, now downward spiral.

Techcrunch for a brief moment, but Arrington blew it.

HN is my only news aggregator.