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Ask HN: Favorite Subreddits

23 points by devbas 5y ago

What are your favorite subreddits that you have gained some really valuable insights from?

atlgator 5y ago
I don’t rely on reddit for any valuable discourse. That isn’t to say there is none but it’s diluted by many one-dimensional thinkers.
mtmail 5y ago
/r/bestof is a hit-and-miss but I discover some new subreddits there. /r/askhistorians, /r/askscience, /r/whatisthisthing, /r/legaladvice (or rather the one specific to my country), /r/manufacturingporn For anything tech related I stay on HN
clavicat 5y ago
/r/cumtownchat
whalesalad 5y ago
/r/unclebens
vogelke 5y ago
r/commandline r/sysadmin r/datacurator r/datahoarder Surprisingly good signal-to-noise ratios for all of them.
gitgud 5y ago
http://reddit.com/r/Programmingcirclejerk http://reddit.com/r/Programmingcirclejerk
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SirensOfTitan 5y ago
/r/redscarepod /r/streamentry /r/slatestarcodex /r/emacs Two here require some explanation: Redscarepod is for folks who listen to the Red Scare podcast, though I’d guess 30% of that subreddit listens regularly. It’s my favorite cultural subreddit. Streamentry is meditation subreddit with focus on attaining enlightenment.
eatonphil 5y ago
I wrote about my favorite software subs recently [0]. tldr; /r/emudev, /r/programminglanguages, /r/reverseengineering, /r/databasedevelopment, /r/esolangs, /r/unikernel, /r/graphicsprogramming. There were a few more suggestions in the HN thread as well [1] and on Twitter [2]. [0] https://notes.eatonphil.com/high-quality-subreddits-you-should-be-following.html https://notes.eatonphil.com/high-quality-subreddits-you-shou... [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29450583 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29450583 [2] https://twitter.com/phil_eaton/status/1467536007448965129 https://twitter.com/phil_eaton/status/1467536007448965129
mikewarot 5y ago
For some strange reason, I've been spending a lot of time in r/AdventOfCode this month. ;-) Mostly it's for general overall awareness of the various things I'm interested in. It's a far more permissive environment for blowing off some steam.
sergiotapia 5y ago
All of my favorite ones are banned or removed for one reason or another. For example, one _very_ niche, very entertaining subreddit is gone and it's fanbase scattered to the winds. Died of his death, unfortunately.
- 9935c101ab17a66 5y ago
  Really? Like what?
  - gaws 5y ago
    If it's banned, it's probably not good.
    - 9935c101ab17a66 5y ago
      Ha, just the way the parent commenter said “my faves are banned for one reason or another” suggests they don’t see them as being toxic. That made me curious.
sbacic 5y ago
/r/sailing definitely. Awesome community. The various tech subreddits are also useful. Some others, in no particular order: r/fire r/digitalnomad r/design
cm2012 5y ago
Specializedtools is great

23 points by devbas 5y ago

What are your favorite subreddits that you have gained some really valuable insights from?

I don’t rely on reddit for any valuable discourse. That isn’t to say there is none but it’s diluted by many one-dimensional thinkers.

mtmail 5y ago

/r/bestof is a hit-and-miss but I discover some new subreddits there. /r/askhistorians, /r/askscience, /r/whatisthisthing, /r/legaladvice (or rather the one specific to my country), /r/manufacturingporn For anything tech related I stay on HN

clavicat 5y ago

/r/cumtownchat

whalesalad 5y ago

/r/unclebens

vogelke 5y ago

r/commandline r/sysadmin r/datacurator r/datahoarder Surprisingly good signal-to-noise ratios for all of them.

gitgud 5y ago

http://reddit.com/r/Programmingcirclejerk http://reddit.com/r/Programmingcirclejerk

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SirensOfTitan 5y ago

/r/redscarepod /r/streamentry /r/slatestarcodex /r/emacs Two here require some explanation: Redscarepod is for folks who listen to the Red Scare podcast, though I’d guess 30% of that subreddit listens regularly. It’s my favorite cultural subreddit. Streamentry is meditation subreddit with focus on attaining enlightenment.

eatonphil 5y ago

I wrote about my favorite software subs recently [0]. tldr; /r/emudev, /r/programminglanguages, /r/reverseengineering, /r/databasedevelopment, /r/esolangs, /r/unikernel, /r/graphicsprogramming. There were a few more suggestions in the HN thread as well [1] and on Twitter [2]. [0] https://notes.eatonphil.com/high-quality-subreddits-you-should-be-following.html https://notes.eatonphil.com/high-quality-subreddits-you-shou... [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29450583 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29450583 [2] https://twitter.com/phil_eaton/status/1467536007448965129 https://twitter.com/phil_eaton/status/1467536007448965129

mikewarot 5y ago

For some strange reason, I've been spending a lot of time in r/AdventOfCode this month. ;-) Mostly it's for general overall awareness of the various things I'm interested in. It's a far more permissive environment for blowing off some steam.

sergiotapia 5y ago

All of my favorite ones are banned or removed for one reason or another. For example, one _very_ niche, very entertaining subreddit is gone and it's fanbase scattered to the winds. Died of his death, unfortunately.

9935c101ab17a66 5y ago
Really? Like what?
- gaws 5y ago
  If it's banned, it's probably not good.
  - 9935c101ab17a66 5y ago
    Ha, just the way the parent commenter said “my faves are banned for one reason or another” suggests they don’t see them as being toxic. That made me curious.

sbacic 5y ago

/r/sailing definitely. Awesome community. The various tech subreddits are also useful. Some others, in no particular order: r/fire r/digitalnomad r/design

cm2012 5y ago

Specializedtools is great