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This downtime made me realize (again) how much I appreciate the kind of interesting topics that show up here, the depth of discussion, and a general attitude of good faith that (most) engage with here.

I realized how little of this I find elsewhere in my life - whether through Reddit or even my IRL friend circles.

This realization saddens me - I feel like I shouldn’t have to rely on HN so much to scratch this particular itch.

Perhaps I need to get out more.

>>haswel+(OP)
Enjoy it while it's here. When it's gone or you have to move on, we'll miss you too and that's the meaningful part of life.

>>haswel+(OP)
> This realization saddens me - I feel like I shouldn’t have to rely on HN so much to scratch this particular itch.

> Perhaps I need to get out more.

Another way to look at it is that you have a particular set of interests and HN is the online outlet that serves those interests. There's nothing wrong with that, at all and you don't need to have multiple sources for it. No different than someone who likes to ride bikes owning one bike, or someone who likes to read going to the same local library every week for 10 years.

>>rco878+M
It is very different from your examples. Even if you only own one bike, there are innumerable others in existence and companies making new ones every day, if yours is destroyed or lost. Similarly, there are plenty of local libraries to choose from, even if your favorite one closes.

Whereas, if HN closes, there is no equivalent replacement available.

>>haswel+(OP)
I've been wanting to create something similar but for cryptocurrencies. A place with no scam/bullshit posts and only deeply technical discussions about the latest trends in zero-knowledge proofs, consensus protocols, scalability challenges, etc.

But I'm too lazy to write the application. I wish there was some SDK I could spin up, like PHPBB back in the days, to have something exactly like HN.

>>haswel+(OP)
The beautiful part of the internet is that it provides space for people to share incredibly niche interests. For all of its problems and complications, that beauty still exists.

>>avalys+g3
What I am saying is that you don't need to worry about any of that. Sure, if HN permanently shutters - you'll need to go find a replacement. But HN isn't going anywhere, as far as I am aware. You don't need redundancy for your online community/content consumption

>>haswel+(OP)
Quality, non-biased news sources are (surprisingly) difficult to find.

>>adamre+Pp
Danger: that is decidedly not what HN is, at all.

>>haswel+(OP)
I don't know about this "going out", but a few other useful websites like this one would be nice. It really does seem bad to not have a couple alternatives on hand.

>>rco878+M
I think that’s fair. Aside from the topics though I think the key is “meaningful discourse”.

I think I’m just realizing I need to find that in more places, regardless of topic focus.