Ask HN: What are some other general link aggregators aside from HN?
I know of lobsters, reddit, and metafilter.
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It's not like those you list as there's no voting, but I maintain https://engineeringblogs.xyz/ which is a river of links to posts on over 500 software engineering related blogs. There's an OPML file if you want to take the feeds into your own reader or you can submit feeds to add.
Oh, I also run https://rubyflow.com/ which is a MetaFilter-style linklog for the Ruby community, and somehow gets a fair few posts each day.
Oh, I also run https://rubyflow.com/ which is a MetaFilter-style linklog for the Ruby community, and somehow gets a fair few posts each day.
You wouldn't happen to want to sell RubyFlow to someone who will give it the TLC it needs. I find it regularly has low quality articles (https://rubyflow.com/p/ieouvb-job-scheduling-with-resque-in-...) and often downright spam :-(
just a heads up, the link text for a post titled “ activerecord::Relation%23structurally_compatible?” is overflowing from its div and causing the page to scroll horizontally on iOS
http://lemmy.ml is a federated libre source link aggegator built on Rust ( https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy )
linkdd(3)
A couple venerable pillars:
https://news.slashdot.org https://boingboing.net
https://news.slashdot.org https://boingboing.net
Also fark.com and drudgereport.com
... and for the record, per the OP's request, these are examples of news aggregation sites, not necessarily recommendations.
... and for the record, per the OP's request, these are examples of news aggregation sites, not necessarily recommendations.
Have you visited boing boing in the last few years? It’s literal cancer.
I used to visit it regularly until about a decade ago, but I felt too many of the posts were unnecessarily getting too political.
I just checked out their website. It looks vastly different. It used to be mostly technical posts, and the logo even had a girl in overalls turning a wrench.
The types of posts look like it has greatly changed over the years. I'm curious as to why I was downvoted. I understand why the other person was downvoted ("literal cancer"). Oh well.
The types of posts look like it has greatly changed over the years. I'm curious as to why I was downvoted. I understand why the other person was downvoted ("literal cancer"). Oh well.
When I visited it last time, they tried to sell me a 100 dollar virus scanner app for my iPhone [1] so yeah I wasn’t exaggerating much. I’d much rather have Hodgkins Lymphoma than that site lol.
https://boingboing.net/2021/09/19/clean-up-your-storage-on-y...
https://boingboing.net/2021/09/19/clean-up-your-storage-on-y...
wtf is wrong with you. Do you know anyone with literal cancer? Use different words.
Language evolves. Literal clearly doesn’t just mean what literal literally meant a few decades back. It’s especially poetic when you’re using it in jest. Get over it?
Also who doesn’t know someone with cancer? 1 in 3 dies of it. Except for kids dying of brain cancer I don’t see what’s especially horrendous about it. As a matter of fact I’d much rather die of cancer than a brain aneurysm. Give me time to set my things in order?
Also who doesn’t know someone with cancer? 1 in 3 dies of it. Except for kids dying of brain cancer I don’t see what’s especially horrendous about it. As a matter of fact I’d much rather die of cancer than a brain aneurysm. Give me time to set my things in order?
https://unfeeder.com/ is pretty good.
Do you know how it works/collects the links?
As the name implies, it takes feeds and brings the best from them to surface. Every click on article links counts as vote from a unique IP address.
It's created by me. I enjoy the read view on Unfeeder for long articles. I don't longer use or need a feed reader since I created it.
It's created by me. I enjoy the read view on Unfeeder for long articles. I don't longer use or need a feed reader since I created it.
A classic... https://www.fark.com/
That's nice! And customizable without an account!
Are you behind the project? I think I spotted a bug:
After hiding the "Popular" links, saving and returning, the "CUSTOMIZE POPURLS" button stops being clickable.
I can keep customizing it with the back button, though, so not a big deal... Anyway, I'm liking it, thanks!
Are you behind the project? I think I spotted a bug:
After hiding the "Popular" links, saving and returning, the "CUSTOMIZE POPURLS" button stops being clickable.
I can keep customizing it with the back button, though, so not a big deal... Anyway, I'm liking it, thanks!
I have no relation to the project. It's a very popular site.
heh... Years ago there was a site called "LinuxHomePage.[net?]" -- and it looked almost exactly like this, but it had content box-borders also...
I wonder if this is by the same guy... its literally identical and you could customize without an account...
I wonder if this is by the same guy... its literally identical and you could customize without an account...
Nice looking site, but it doesn't load in https for me?
https://devurls.com/
https://techurls.com/
https://sciurls.com/
(and others from the Browserling folks)
(and others from the Browserling folks)
Arts and Letters Daily is a nice curated list if you are looking for something a little more arts focused: https://www.aldaily.com/
This was my favourite website waay before the 'internet' happened!
I didn't know http://www.kuro5hin.org/ wasn't around anymore.
Pouring out a sip of my iced coffee for some old memories...
Pouring out a sip of my iced coffee for some old memories...
If you want shipping news: https://www.shipshipship.uk/
https://news.python.sc for Python stuff
https://www.fark.com/ still has snarky headlines and offbeat content but the selection of articles is quite varied, and the comment section still has quality content. Certainly better comments than the WSJ troll-fest.
https://sqwok.im is a topical aggregator with chatrooms built into every post.
Think of it like Twitter but with chat rooms instead async comments.
There's no voting and the focus is on science, tech, engineering, markets, hobbies, and culture.
Think of it like Twitter but with chat rooms instead async comments.
There's no voting and the focus is on science, tech, engineering, markets, hobbies, and culture.
marginalrevolution.com has daily curated links that are IMO, generally high-quality
i like hackaday.io but maybe thats too specific
This is only adjacent to what you've asked for, but I wrote an RSS aggregator with an HN-like UI awhile back.
https://www.evalrss.com/
https://www.evalrss.com/
For ML/AI related feed: https://www.sciencewiki.com/
https://blogboard.io/ - Engineering blogs by top tech companies
https://embit.ca is a tech news aggregator with unique tag cloud.
https://icebergcharts.com, at least the linked ones
I but understand that site at all. What am I missing?
> Iceberg Charts are an information format in which an image is divided into tiers and things are sorted into this structure by how well known they are, with the most popular entries at the top and the truly obscure at the bottom.
> This makes them an interesting structure to share ones' interests and explore and learn more about topics one isn't too familiar with.
> This makes them an interesting structure to share ones' interests and explore and learn more about topics one isn't too familiar with.
https://www.metafilter.com/ has been operating as a super high-quality community link blog for over 22 years now!
And was already mentioned by OP.
Soylentnews.org is a friendlier version of slashdot.
old school but still some of the best
https://www.metafilter.com/
https://www.metafilter.com/
lobste.rs, freepo.st
On the other hand, why does this question is asked so often? I see it once a month, probably.
On the other hand, why does this question is asked so often? I see it once a month, probably.
Lobste.rs isn't a general link aggregator, anything not related to computing gets booted quickly: https://lobste.rs/moderations
Presumably the OP is OK with tech-leaning suggestions, as they gave HN as an example.