Ask HN: What are good HN alternatives?

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by flippyhead • 13 years ago

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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• 13 years ago

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

colbyaley2• 13 years ago

flippyhead• 13 years ago

I have so applied. But only because the very requirement of an application is seductive. I'll also try using it.

thoughtcriminal• 13 years ago

Slashdot: http://slashdot.org

mikestew2• 13 years 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• 13 years 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• 13 years ago

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

t0• 13 years ago

https://lobste.rs/

krapp• 13 years ago

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

colbyaley2• 13 years ago

http://thelist.io is written in Ruby.

jkuria• 13 years ago

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

mikestew2• 13 years 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• 13 years ago

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

Thanks.

achompas• 13 years 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• 13 years ago

thenextweb.com ?

Ask HN: What are good HN alternatives?

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