Ask HN: Websites / Apps that aren't a waste of time?
With X, formerly Twitter, going the way it has, I find myself lacking spaces on the internet to scroll and learn things at the same time (besides this one.)
Where does HN spend their downtime on the internet?
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.
You could try the Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link:
> 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.
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...
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.
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.
Is there a windows or android NetNewsWire-equivalent?
> aren't a waste of time
> spaces on the internet to scroll
These 2 are mutually exclusive ;)
“Scroll and learn” sounds like oxymoron.
Scrolling is OK if there is an end. Like a blog post!
Have you tried joining any relevant discord groups?
* Worldle
* Sedecordle
* Jellyfin
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.
Setup an RSS feed.
Reddit is unusable