Ask HN: Websites / Apps that aren't a waste of time?

ChilledTonic | 11 points

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.

readyplayernull | 6 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.

mancerayder | 6 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.

scarface_74 | 6 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
entrepy123 | 6 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.

nom | 6 months ago

> aren't a waste of time

> spaces on the internet to scroll

These 2 are mutually exclusive ;)

petargyurov | 6 months ago

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

AznHisoka | 6 months ago

Have you tried joining any relevant discord groups?

bobheadmaker | 6 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.

karles | 6 months ago

Setup an RSS feed.

9283409232 | 6 months ago

* Worldle

* Sedecordle

* Jellyfin

austin-cheney | 6 months ago

Reddit is unusable

JSTrading | 6 months ago