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		dmix on July 3, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: After Slate Star Codex, where are the nuan... It turns out clickbait and social media have almost made this a no-go. IMO all good communities will continue to exist in small niche zones like HN, small subreddits, and in whatever future forum/Reddit alternatives are being created. I don't see that changing, especially as the internet goes more and more mainstream, and converges on the lowest-common denominator.

rjeli on July 3, 2020 [–]

Respectfully, HN’s (wise, brilliant) mod team keeps the atmosphere feeling like a tight knit community, but it’s certainly not small or niche

saagarjha on July 3, 2020 | [–]

It's still fairly small and niche, at least compared to most other platforms. I think it'd be about the size of a medium-popular subreddit?

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