readyplayernull 3 months ago

I've found very niche groups in Reddit to be huge sources of information, not even interrogating LLMs can possibly provide as much value. Though you will keep fighting Reddit's recommendations all day, every day.

mancerayder 3 months ago

Quora isn't horrible, but sadly it seems it's kind of intrusive from a privacy perspective. Still it has interesting insights on psychology and personal experiences, with people who enjoy writing. It's like an organized Q and A blog.

  • scarface_74 3 months ago

    Quora is so bad that it’s the only site that I specifically block to make sure I don’t go by there by mistake

scarface_74 3 months ago

When you find interesting blog posts on HN, skim the other articles on the blog and if they seem interesting, subscribe to their RSS feeds.

For the Mac/iOS I use NetNewsWire. It syncs over iCloud and it’s free and open source.

I deleted my Reddit account last year after 8 years.

  • mancerayder 3 months ago

    Is there a windows or android NetNewsWire-equivalent?

entrepy123 3 months ago

You could try the Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link:

  https://www.well.com
  https://www.well.com/about-2/
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WELL
nom 3 months ago

> to scroll and learn things

Maybe you can approach this a bit differently, it sounds like you are looking for another place to waste your time without learning anything.

Learning doesn't happen by scrolling.

  • mancerayder 3 months ago

    Counterpoint: you don't know what you don't know.

    When scrolling Hackernews, intriguing topics abound that I never thought about before, much less even asked myself the question about. And I read the comments and become interested in a new area.

    Counter-counterpoint: attention moves to something else before much learning was performed...

    • jezek2 3 months ago

      I would use the term "reading" than "scrolling" though. Scrolling implies that you don't really care much about anything and just mindlessly consume content.

    • dalmo3 3 months ago

      Agreed. There's value in being attuned to what's there. It's breadth-first learning.

petargyurov 3 months ago

> aren't a waste of time

> spaces on the internet to scroll

These 2 are mutually exclusive ;)

  • flymaipie 3 months ago

    “Scroll and learn” sounds like oxymoron.

    • nejsjsjsbsb 3 months ago

      Scrolling is OK if there is an end. Like a blog post!

AznHisoka 3 months ago

Literally nothing public, unfortunately. I just got some private chats and slack groups where i interact in once in awhile.

bobheadmaker 3 months ago

Have you tried joining any relevant discord groups?

karles 3 months ago

Read newspapers. Read about Philisophy and society. Look up data on national/local trends (national/local government usually have databasen). Educate yourself.

Lord knows the world need more of that in the coming years.