HACKER Q&A
📣 devchris10

Social Network for Engineers?


IMO, stack overflow is becoming a Google for devs.

Is there a facebook/linkedin for devs or technical people?

What would it take for you to join one?


  👤 comment12 Accepted Answer ✓
http://teamblind.com/ is a strong anonymous network but enter at your own risk

👤 dpeck
That is what github is heading towards.

👤 muzani
I try to use social media to improve myself. Which means improving others and writing something up to be criticized.

But social media is used mostly for "personal branding" these days, which is someone writing material consistently, several times a week, to make themselves look good. There is no genuine discussion - it's either praise or putting people down. You end up with arguments on why concatenation is stupid and how template literals are the only way to do things.

DEV.to is a nice implementation of a social network though. Github was good until it became a resume item, after which a lot of fake/flexing behavior started to appear. Codepen is also nice if you're into CSS and programmer art.


👤 blizkreeg
I’m very interested in building an anonymous social n/w or community where you share what you’re currently working on/solving —- while being careful not to disclose confidential stuff. There’s so much interesting discussion that can happen around it.

👤 sevengraff
I think fosstodon.org is trying to be a social network for tech people, but it federates a lot of non tech stuff, so it's a mixed bag in that regard. I recently joined it so still figuring it out, social media isn't my strong suit.

👤 karmakaze
What would one do there that isn't already covered by HN or a subreddit?

👤 sagunsh
I enjoy devrant.com