Following the reddit fiasco, I’ve been looking for other communities to get tech news from. I was active on HN a long time ago but it’s been a hot minute, and I left because the politics were pretty bad; lots of free speech maximalists who loved to just ask questions, especially about queer people.
Is it better now? Worse? Just different?
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I like HN. The only thing I avoid is anything to do with medical breakthroughs, antiaging or the current Silicon Valley fad (raw water, huge vitimin doses etc). Way to much misinformation, hyperbole and speculation (on all sides)… it’s when it becomes the most “American”.
Other than those subjects I find the level of discussion and signal to noise ratio to be very good.
I really like Hacker News for the most part. Commentary is well above the cesspool of the alien site. People are really knowledgeable and quick to share it. Sometimes there are comments that pop up from ‘tech celebrities’ too! Always awesome to see people like tptacek (Thomas Ptacek) or CliffStoll (yes, that one) sharing in the discussions there. Sometimes though, there is an echo chamber mentality where it seems everyone commenting is ‘An American white male, making $300,000 annual salary + options’.
As a platform, I appreciate what the moderators do there to keep things on topic and following the guidelines like:
Be kind. Don’t be snarky. Converse curiously; don’t cross-examine. Edit out swipes.
Is it better now? Worse? Just different?
About the same. Some of the snarky dicks didn’t make it through covid, though.
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To get tech news I found using RSS from different websites works wonders. If you have Android download the feeder app and use RSS from websites like Wired ,etc.
It’s fine and worth visiting, unless there are topics related to economics or business and then you can REALLY tell the site is filled with silicon valley bros
