What other forums or social networks do you use?
A lot of people are leaving major social networks like Reddit and Facebook - especially hackers - so I'm curious where they're settling in instead. I hear about Lobsters, Notabug, Ruqqus, Mastodon, etc., and there's probably dozens more, so I'd like to hear about what you use and how it suits you.
Nobody's leaving Reddit lol, Facebook for sure after marking birthdays/events on another calendar there's like zero value to Facebook for me & bulk of my friends.
Twitter, HN, Reddit, occasional IG for art/inspiration/friends updates
Strava - I'm not interested in Kom but like to see who's out
I gave Reddit a try recently and just couldn't get into it. Low karma really limited my ability to get involved.
I've been enjoying getting involved on Indie Hackers, I've been writing lots of posts and engaging with people there the past few weeks, like this one about the impact of Product-Led Growth on user researchers: https://www.indiehackers.com/post/i-interviewed-100-people-h...
Keep coming back to Indie Hackers because people are engaging positively and I'm finding little communities to follow. Never found that with Reddit.
I like Mastodon but haven't stuck with it reliably yet -- I think the instances are key, and it could have a lot of value for instances focused on certain communities (e.g. certain geographic regions, or academics, or whatever). Sort of like federated forums. My gut tells me it won't reach critical mass though and I have mixed feelings about it (e.g., maybe that's fine, maybe it has a circular uptake problem).
I've liked Gurlic too a lot, but I'm not sure how well it will scale to a more heterogeneous community. It reminds me a lot of HN but broader in its focus and smaller.
Reddit.
Also recently discovered Telegram. It's quite fun, UI is better than WhatsApp's
Usenet and IRC. There are also a few other web forums I sometimes use, such as NESdev.
I'm trying to start my own forum for my friends and I to use. I'm having trouble getting that initial momentum though... it's hard to beat plain sms texting.
Mainly HN, also I have a pretty curated Twitter following (tech and startups) so Twitter is second in line, then Indie Hackers, and lastly Tildes at https://tildes.net.
Tildes is a new one for me, but I am enjoying its simple UI and smaller community.
i really like to be inspired by product hunt, some people are extremely creative.
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