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482 points ilamont | 4 comments | 11 Jul 20 21:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.965s | source
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nabaraz ◴[11 Jul 20 23:21 UTC] No.23807083[source]▶
Are we at a point where dividing HN into smaller communities is beneficial? I know there are Show HN, Ask HN, Who is Hiring, etc? I want to see a section for DIY/personal projects and maybe even AMAs.
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ciarannolan ◴[11 Jul 20 23:25 UTC] No.23807112[source]▶
I hope not. I like HN just the way it is. It's a simple text message board with good moderation.

We don't need to pile on more features for the sake of it. There are plenty of communities for DIY projects and AMAs.

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1. gus_massa ◴[11 Jul 20 23:38 UTC] No.23807186[source]▶
I really like the plain structure, but I also noted that sometimes it is difficult for the small projects to reach the front page. Please remember to go to https://news.ycombinator.com/newest and upvote interesting small projects.
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2. dang ◴[12 Jul 20 04:28 UTC] No.23808816[source]▶
And https://news.ycombinator.com/shownew, which is much less well known. It's linked from https://news.ycombinator.com/show at the top.
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3. nabaraz ◴[12 Jul 20 05:19 UTC] No.23809040[source]▶
This is great. Is there a new for Ask HN and Tell HN as well?
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4. dang ◴[12 Jul 20 17:55 UTC] No.23813240{3}[source]▶
Nope, it's on the list to add that. Ask and Tell are the same though, so this would just be /asknew.