What are some communities like HN?

The almost same question from 7 hours ago, here you go https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37611708

If you want political discussion that’s outside the overwhelming reddit political bias you might like the ar15.com forums.

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HN is two things: 1) a link aggregator with a tech focus (but not exclusively tech). 2) a large, open community moderated to a high standard of civility.

There are alternatives to #1, such as subject-specific subreddits, but they often to fail at being #2 once they reach a certain size.

The only other site I’ve seen manage to sustain #2 (“civility at scale”) is… Wikipedia.

Lemmy is a federated Reddit alternative. The comments are sometimes lower quality, but it certainly has more breadth: https://join-lemmy.org/instances

https://aihackers.ai

is a recent community built around AI contents.

All of the photography forums I've visited have made me nearly regret getting into it as a hobby, so I'd love to hear of some.

What is the forum with lots of business and financial professionals that recently got a bunch of attention? I think it is a four-letter acronym that starts with an E. I’ve tried searching for it but can’t find it. It seemed like an interesting place when I checked it out.

We already did this today, c'mon

Fediverse.

https://programming.dev https://lemmy.world etc

Pouët (https://pouet.net) from the demoscene. Yes, it's programming, but at the intersection with art and retro culture.

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People are answering this wrong and focused too much on the site needing to have the same functionality as HN. The spirit of the question is where do other professionals (musicians, doctors, real estate developers, lawyers, etc.) congregate online. I don't know the answer for most of those but here are two examples

- SDN for aspiring doctors and med students https://forums.studentdoctor.net/forums/

- Wall Street Oasis for people in finance https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forum

Not really the same spirit, but Marginal Revolution (https://marginalrevolution.com/) also has its own community around it and is one of the most influential blogs in the world. Also has an active comment section with an interesting cast of characters.

They are not necessarily "like HN" but I thought it might be helpful to list communities I participate in, other than HN, which I believe have been a net positive in my life.

The Vlog Brothers - they have a whole community, videos, newsletters, books, podcasts, on and on. They talk about good positive things, make good positive change in the universe.

Corridor Crew - similar, they have videos, content, etc. Group of friends that started a CGI effects house and analyze such. They wholesome for me.

Camping with Steve - a youtube Channel where this guy camps, enjoys the simple things. He's a good guy.

I've also found community in local small business groups.

Not exactly what you’re asking for, but here are a couple of traditional forums:

Pro audio: https://gearspace.com/

PC hardware: https://hardforum.com/

Audio hardware: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/

Everything Apple: https://forums.macrumors.com/

Home cinema: https://www.avsforum.com/

Blu-ray discs and movies: https://forum.blu-ray.com/

It's not directly comparable to HN, but as someone who enjoys the discussion style here I also enjoy /r/neoliberal for a political focus.

Lobsters (Strictly computer science focused ) — https://lobste.rs/ (invite only, email me for an invite)

LessWrong (Rationality focused discussions) — https://www.lesswrong.com/

Reddit consulting For consultants

Reddit homelab

Reddit selfhosted

Reddit datahoarder

I really enjoy reading /r/askHistorians. It’s a strongly moderated community with high quality content. Truly and example for what the internet can be.