Ask HN: HN Alternatives?
I love browsing through a tons of different subreddits that have now matured and grown very interesting. In decreasing order of interest to me:<p><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/somethingimade/" rel="nofollow">http://www.reddit.com/r/somethingimade/</a><p><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/longtext/" rel="nofollow">http://www.reddit.com/r/longtext/</a><p><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/" rel="nofollow">http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/</a><p><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/PhilosophyofScience/" rel="nofollow">http://www.reddit.com/r/PhilosophyofScience/</a><p><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/cogsci/" rel="nofollow">http://www.reddit.com/r/cogsci/</a><p><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/startups/" rel="nofollow">http://www.reddit.com/r/startups/</a><p><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/math/" rel="nofollow">http://www.reddit.com/r/math/</a><p><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/compsci/" rel="nofollow">http://www.reddit.com/r/compsci/</a><p><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/SomebodyMakeThis/" rel="nofollow">http://www.reddit.com/r/SomebodyMakeThis/</a><p><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/browsers/" rel="nofollow">http://www.reddit.com/r/browsers/</a><p><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/" rel="nofollow">http://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/</a><p><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/shamelessplug/" rel="nofollow">http://www.reddit.com/r/shamelessplug/</a><p><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/Freethought/" rel="nofollow">http://www.reddit.com/r/Freethought/</a><p>Not all of these subreddits are busy but it doesn't matter. I have over 50 hand-selected subreddits and even though I removed all of the popular subreddits (reddit.com, politics, pics etc.), I always see very interesting articles. And the number of comments in each article is usually between 10-50, kinda like HN.<p>If any of the subreddit starts to get too popular and mainstream, usually 2-3 new subreddits popup that are more specific and interesting. Once a week I spend a few minutes looking for new interesting subreddits. <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/newreddits/" rel="nofollow">http://www.reddit.com/r/newreddits/</a> helps with that too.<p>If you really want to start a web-community, just ask for mod permissions on a few subreddits that interest you. I'd much rather click once to join a subreddit and view its articles during my regular reddit browsing than go to whole another site. I wish HN was available as a subreddit. I would never have to go to another news site.