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Re:So you've made a mistake and it's public by Spinnaker_ on Friday November 13, 2020 @04:56PM (#25087988)
You're probably right. I've been reading HN for 10+ years now and just assume it's still the best location for hackers.

So what's the newer, cooler, current version of what HN was in 2010?

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Re:So you've made a mistake and it's public by jackcosgrove on Friday November 13, 2020 @11:12PM (#25090239)
I've heard the community at Indie Hackers is more supportive and less jaded.
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Re:So you've made a mistake and it's public by ayewo on Saturday November 14, 2020 @02:39AM (#25090852)
The similarity between the HN & IH communities only runs skin deep with the use of ‘Hacker’ in their names.

Is IH are more supportive crowd? A resounding yes, but that’s because as a group it was designed as a support mechanism for people looking to earn a salary by working solo.

HN is like the opposite of IH with respect to salary: it’s maintained by a VC entity and many hackers here draw high salaries working for trillion-dollar, billion-dollar and upstart tech companies.

HN was designed to be a water cooler for stating & demolishing arguments, with the occasional cheer to YC-funded startups, so it’s not surprising there’s a lot of healthy skepticism which often comes across as cynicism.

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