# Blind

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Blind and 7 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as an anonymous forum for tech workers, with company-email verification; critics call it toxic and compare it to 4chan.

## What people warn about

- Toxic, bullying atmosphere (3 comments): "It's a site that thrives on a few crabs being higher in the bucket and bullying the rest." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48062550)) "The Blind community is one of the most toxic communities out there." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46781838)) "Blind is toxic, but at least the users are cynically realistic." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47266935))
- Often compared to 4chan (2 comments): "Blind is like 4chan, not representative of the vast majority of software engineers" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46897049)) "Be careful. The site is like a tech version of 4 chan." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47284098))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Hacker News](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hacker-news.md): 361 recommend
- [Reddit](https://hackerapproved.com/p/reddit.md): 261 recommend
- [Old Reddit](https://hackerapproved.com/p/old-reddit.md): 60 recommend
- [Slashdot](https://hackerapproved.com/p/slashdot.md): 32 recommend
- [4chan](https://hackerapproved.com/p/4chan.md): 28 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.teamblind.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Blind", https://hackerapproved.com/p/blind/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).