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Ask HN: What are your favorite subreddits and why?

I'm looking to expand my sources for where I get my information from and learn about a few different subjects slowly. Thank you :)

bytebln 4y ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/ https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/ and https://www.reddit.com/r/InternetIsBeautiful/ https://www.reddit.com/r/InternetIsBeautiful/
liberia 4y ago
/r/privacy is good if you want to learn about privacy or help people with their privacy journey. /r/netsec is my daily habit too. Always bound to find detailed explanations of vulns
steve_john 4y ago
- unsupp0rted 4y ago
  It appears to be full of info-spam
cmvfan 4y ago
r/changemyview is a good one, it's people in conversation about contentious topics, politely trying to change each other's views. There's very little censorship of discussion compared to the rest of Reddit, the only rule seems to be politeness and topicality. It's almost like HN in that sense.
- claudiawerner 4y ago
  Very much disagree on this point - I've both started threads there and contributed to threads there in response, and twice admins have locked my thread beacuse they claim I had no intention to change my mind in the first place - as far as I can tell, if you debate people trying to change your view, then you're soapboxing, rather than trying to clarify the argument. I haven't posted on r/changemyview since. It's not fit for purpose, and in fact many threads consist of the OP saying "Wow, you're right! Mind changed." to a rather poor argument rather than interrogating it.
deanmoriarty 4y ago
r/fatFIRE, highly interested in financial independence topics.
lcfd 4y ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/django/ https://www.reddit.com/r/django/ I use Django everyday https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying/ https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying/ It is really satisfying https://www.reddit.com/r/Korean/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Korean/ I try to learn Korean, this is full of good tips https://www.reddit.com/r/backpacks/ https://www.reddit.com/r/backpacks/ I like backpacks Just to name a few.
marek_leisk2 4y ago
/r/gis is full of friendly professionals. I've had replies there that must have taken an afternoon to write up.
norwalkbear 4y ago
Reddit is a place on the decline. I've been forced into discord lately. Lots of amazing niche discords these days!
- methusala8 4y ago
  Any real cool ones that you would like to share?
- gaws 4y ago
  > Reddit is a place on the decline. I've been forced into discord lately. You moved from one declining place to another.
DontchaKnowit 4y ago
BlameKaneda 4y ago
/r/AskAnAmerican - Interesting to see differences across states and other cultures /r/corgi /r/dadswhodidnotwantpets - Pictures and videos of men (and sometimes women) cuddling with animals after initially rejecting them /r/sbubby - Pictures of edited logos that look like other logos (e.g. Changing "The Price is Right" logo to say "The Rice is Aight") /r/wimmelbilder - Imagine the Where's Waldo? images, but with pictures filled to the brim with everything.
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wmeredith 4y ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/ExperiencedDevs/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ExperiencedDevs/ has an pretty high signal to noise ratio https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/ is a real jewel of the modern internet. It is ruthlessly and capably moderated and hence has an incredible amount of good content

I'm looking to expand my sources for where I get my information from and learn about a few different subjects slowly. Thank you :)

bytebln 4y ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/ https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/ and https://www.reddit.com/r/InternetIsBeautiful/ https://www.reddit.com/r/InternetIsBeautiful/

liberia 4y ago

/r/privacy is good if you want to learn about privacy or help people with their privacy journey. /r/netsec is my daily habit too. Always bound to find detailed explanations of vulns

steve_john 4y ago

unsupp0rted 4y ago
It appears to be full of info-spam

cmvfan 4y ago

r/changemyview is a good one, it's people in conversation about contentious topics, politely trying to change each other's views. There's very little censorship of discussion compared to the rest of Reddit, the only rule seems to be politeness and topicality. It's almost like HN in that sense.

claudiawerner 4y ago
Very much disagree on this point - I've both started threads there and contributed to threads there in response, and twice admins have locked my thread beacuse they claim I had no intention to change my mind in the first place - as far as I can tell, if you debate people trying to change your view, then you're soapboxing, rather than trying to clarify the argument. I haven't posted on r/changemyview since. It's not fit for purpose, and in fact many threads consist of the OP saying "Wow, you're right! Mind changed." to a rather poor argument rather than interrogating it.

deanmoriarty 4y ago

r/fatFIRE, highly interested in financial independence topics.

lcfd 4y ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/django/ https://www.reddit.com/r/django/ I use Django everyday https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying/ https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying/ It is really satisfying https://www.reddit.com/r/Korean/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Korean/ I try to learn Korean, this is full of good tips https://www.reddit.com/r/backpacks/ https://www.reddit.com/r/backpacks/ I like backpacks Just to name a few.

marek_leisk2 4y ago

/r/gis is full of friendly professionals. I've had replies there that must have taken an afternoon to write up.

norwalkbear 4y ago

Reddit is a place on the decline. I've been forced into discord lately. Lots of amazing niche discords these days!

methusala8 4y ago
Any real cool ones that you would like to share?
gaws 4y ago
> Reddit is a place on the decline. I've been forced into discord lately. You moved from one declining place to another.

DontchaKnowit 4y ago

BlameKaneda 4y ago

/r/AskAnAmerican - Interesting to see differences across states and other cultures /r/corgi /r/dadswhodidnotwantpets - Pictures and videos of men (and sometimes women) cuddling with animals after initially rejecting them /r/sbubby - Pictures of edited logos that look like other logos (e.g. Changing "The Price is Right" logo to say "The Rice is Aight") /r/wimmelbilder - Imagine the Where's Waldo? images, but with pictures filled to the brim with everything.

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wmeredith 4y ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/ExperiencedDevs/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ExperiencedDevs/ has an pretty high signal to noise ratio https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/ is a real jewel of the modern internet. It is ruthlessly and capably moderated and hence has an incredible amount of good content