Ask HN: What are some good alternatives to HN?

Re:Ask HN: What are some good alternatives to HN? by Kluny on Sunday November 17, 2013 @01:32PM (#6750114)

Used to be /r/programming... not anymore though. Just go to techcrunch and wired.com, that way you'll see everything that makes it to proggit - but only once, instead of every day for a week. The more specific the better, provided there's a lot of subscribers and there's regular new developments in the topic of interest. So /r/doctorwho sucks pretty hard when the show isn't in season. There's a lot of crocheted figurines, etc, it's painful.

/r/bicycling, /r/motorcycles and /r/autos are all great, but /r/justrolledintotheshop is brilliant because of how specific it is and how there's always new content - ie. picutres of idiotic things customers bring to their mechanics. /r/scooters is not great because the community is too small.

The subreddit for my phone is of interest. Programming languages that I'm trying to learn - Python, Scala. Skills I'm interested in - welding, CNC machinery.

Well, that's a good start if you're into things on wheels and programming, anyway.

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Re:Ask HN: What are some good alternatives to HN? by philwelch on Sunday November 17, 2013 @03:14PM (#6750614)

It sounds like /r/doctorwho suffers from a particular thing I've observed, which is that the more specific a subreddit is to some target of fandom, the more likely it's filled with cringeworthy uncritical fanboys.

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Re:Ask HN: What are some good alternatives to HN? by Kluny on Tuesday November 19, 2013 @12:16AM (#6759425)

And fangirls - responsible for most of the crocheting and cupcakes.

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