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Aug 28 13:39 UTC

Ask HN: Where else do you spend time on the internet other than HN? (news.ycombinator.com)

11 points|by Gecko4072||15 comments|Read full story on news.ycombinator.com
As you become more familiar with internet you kind of advance through sites and habits and grow up. I've ended up on HN as the most interesting site currently, but I am starting to look for more. I'm not personally a programmer but like the adjacent discussion here sometimes. Thanks

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  1. 1. JohnFen||context
    Would people who have "outgrown HN" even be here to read or answer your question?
  2. 2. Gecko4072||context
    True. Updated question.
  3. 3. tf2||context
    Tf2
  4. 4. harryquach||context
    I have graduated to not using the internet when at all possible. Its mostly been hijacked by large corporations whose only goal is you spending as much time scrolling as possible.
  5. 5. CM30||context
    YouTube, Reddit, Discord, my own websites and forums, and various wikis and news sites for hobbies I'm interested in.

    Generally most of the sites I use are volunteer run and operated (mostly) non-commercially, so enshittification is unlikely.

  6. 6. gaws||context
    > forums

    Which ones?

  7. 7. ex-aws-dude||context
    Honestly, gravitating more towards books and less internet

    IMO you can only get so much out of bite-sized content, if you want real understanding you have to engage in deep long-form content

  8. 8. chistev||context
    What kind of books do you read? Second question, what are some of your favorite books you've read that you'd recommend?
  9. 9. NishanStepak||context
    Metafilter, Reddit, LinkedIn, and my own side project.
  10. 10. jryan49||context
    Over the years I've used the internet less and less, HN is one of the few places I still spend my time.
  11. 11. legalwarrior||context
    Reddit, github, instagram, quora Beautiful thing internet is
  12. 12. davedx||context
    I hang out on various entrepreneurial Reddit subreddits, both to get an idea for what people are building, problems they are having, and occasionally post about my own pain; and also to promote my own product. Every now and then I'll lurk in subreddits that are just stuff I'm interested in too.

    I've also gone back to X/Twitter quite heavily (but trying to limit usage and avoid posting in anything politics related). It's hard not to get sucked into it.

    Then occasionally sites like the Guardian for general news.

  13. 13. pajamasam||context
    longreads.com, my RSS feeds in NetNewsWire, and podcasts mostly
  14. 14. KinetiNode||context
    Sometimes dev.to and reddit
  15. 15. closetkantian||context
    Aldaily.com, metafilter.com, economist.com, some subreddits, nytimes.com, lrb.co.uk, and my own websites