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Ask HN: What other online communities are you part of?

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I used to be part of a lot of online forums. In the last 5 years, or more, I feel like I’ve only spent time on HN and reddit. What other communities are you part of?

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hooplah
Forums are still alive and well for most niches. Discord groups serve a specific purpose as well.

Aggregators are nice too, from all sides of the political spectrum to avoid echo chambers/censorship.

News aggregators:

- lobste.rs

- notabug.io

- patriots.win

Forums:

- ar15.com

- pbnation.com

- many many car forums

sralbert
I spend a lot of time on Discord, Twitch, and 4chan. I also play MMORPGs (World of Warcraft Classic, Oldschool Runescape).

I would not recommend this lifestyle.

mikewarot
Slashdot, Reddit, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, DeviantArt, LinkedIn, YouTube

Slashdot - Like HN, but far worse signal to noise

Reddit - If you are careful with the things you join, not actively bad

Twitter - I only follow a few people, and avoid politics

Facebook - Friend and family, where I vent

Flickr - Photo sharing

DeviantArt - Old photo sharing

LinkedIn - Facebook for your resume

YouTube - Lots of interesting things to watch, and comment on

runawaybottle
Slashdot - Is HN but with older bitter and more rude devs. Not moderated, and the UI sucks. I go there often.
mikewarot
Slashdot has moderation, and metamoderation. The rating system isn't the best, though.
CharlieMunger
Some parts of Reddit are better than others.

For example, almost all Reddit's investing/finance subreddits are dreadful, but there is an exception:

https://old.reddit.com/r/brkb/

There are really intelligent, fun communities on Reddit, but they can be hard to find.

the_only_law
My gripe with Reddit is more about how unusable the site is. I decided to come back to the site recently and make a new account. I tried to comment on a thread, but got auto order because account karma. After that though, I noticed I could only make posts every ten minutes.
radiokicker
I use old.reddit.com on desktops because their "updated" interface is absolutely horrendous. There is a tab in preferences to opt out of the redesign too.
type0
hackaday.io and libera.chat (IRC)

Twitter is not a community and I'm not on Reddit but not all subreddits could be called communities.

rthomas6
I visit hubski.com occasionally. It's not super active but it seems to have a lot of smart people on it.
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