I'm very curious as to whether there are any other communities on the web that are as generally "high quality" as HN (bonus points if those communities are tech-focused or tech-adjacent). Anybody got any links?
To date HN has the highest (consistent) quality of any online community I've encountered
Just a note, you have to pay a one time fee of $5 to comment on metafilter.
Also I say the following as a long time member of metafilter: it's really gone downhill. If you're the type of person who thinks dissenting opinion on hacker news is restricted you will probably be shocked by what goes on at metafilter. They have a serious problem with passive aggressive bullying and groupthink on political and social justice issues.I don't think it's hyperbole to say that the conversation there has been hijacked by a handful of aggressive users who shameless brigade threads to their narrative. Metafilter is a shadow of what it was even 5 years ago.
That said, ask.metafilter.com is the best part of metafilter and is worth the $5 price of admission alone.
It was very good in the beginning.
Now it is mostly people trying to show off any way they can. And it attracted too many ... well, let's call them ordinary mainstream people.
To date HN has the highest (consistent) quality of any online community I've encountered