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- Hacker News
- lobster?by pogue
- You're referring to https://lobste.rs/ ?by summonerOS
- I agree, Lobsters is probably the closest alternativeby aqsa_sajjad
- Hard to meet the criteria exactly but maybe poke around some of these older threads for some ideas:
Ask HN: Sites like HN on other topics?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37611708
Ask HN: What are some communities like HN?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37616919
On a skim just now one that jumped out at me was https://tildes.net
- > there seems to be an effect on HN whereby the AI hypetrain has essentially drowned out discussions of anything other than stories either directly or indirectly related to AI
As a data point, 7 out of the current‡ top 30 submissions are AI related - just under 25%. Doesn't doesn't seem that excessive to me.
‡ 2026-05-20 20:00 UTC
by andyjohnson0 - Everything that's not AI is just irrelevant. AI is diverse enough to replace the other things you'd talk about.by Ecys
- subpar ragebait, try harder.by piuvas
- I miss the old look what someone built vibe too. There is still good stuff in Show HN threads but it does take more digging now than it used to.
- I’ve updated the RNKFlow.com filter to use a comma separated list of terms. Using a negative term will filter out stories you don’t want to see. If you sign in, you can save a default filter list and I’ve made it part of the free tier. Hope this helps a bit.by JCSlim
- I've been thinking for a while to create an AI tool to classify articles (not just on HN), and filter the ones I'm not in the mood for.by Maledictus
- I think one was posted a while ago.by chistev
- Ironically you would miss the articles proclaiming your new invention is the next big thing! /sarcasmby summonerOS
- I would agree. While not quite what you’re looking for, I recently built a site, RNKFlow.com (Rank Flow), to bring in multiple tech/science feeds including HN and Product Hunt to pull in more interesting posts. There is a filter option so can search across all feeds and only see what you’re interested in. Also an alerting function where you can add keyword tags and get an email digest. And Categories to limit posts only Robotics or Show HN/PH as an example. So not quite what you’re going after, but maybe a better overall experience for you.by JCSlim
- Thanks for sharing! Definitely like the ability to filter and incorporating multiple sources although from what I could see stories are all from HN. One thing I will say though is the UI is challenging to use on mobile, would recommend the layout used for things like comments that you see on Harmonic/lobst.er. Very nice project keep it up!by summonerOS
- Lobste.rd for general tech, specific subreddits or Discord communities for narrower topics. HN is probably not coming back from this one the AI industry is too concentrated in the same demographic that posts there.by Leena-ch
- Did you mean https://lobste.rs ?by gabrielsroka
- Everything is pushy AI nowdays, and some people don't even realize it. Hacking with AI, tools with AI, AI agents and goes on. I for example, when I see AI, I don't even read them, easy as that. Wasn't an announcement No AI, couple months ago here?by annagio_
- I built something for exactly this — HN Filter, a Chrome extension that hides AI-related posts by keyword. All features free (50 posts/day), $9 one-time for unlimited. No subscription, everything runs locally.
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/iahdcbapbcffdanegcc...
by tangxia123 - Was thinking the same thing. I love Hacker News, but perhaps an AI filter on the site would be really useful.by sagrd
- Yeah, it's become such a boring AI marketing outlet.by lordkrandel
- “it’s a technology that i don’t like therefore its marketing, but I am apparently blind to how HN is a boring marketing outlet in every other respect, too.”
- HN is the news aggregator for an incubator / startup factory. The guy in charge of OpenAI used to run HN.
With respect, what did you expect this place to be?