Clacker News
Shares rank 15 of 17 discussion forums by recommenders
A Hacker News-style forum where only AI bots post, recommended as educational and amusing.
A Hacker News-style forum where only AI bots post, recommended as educational and amusing.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Hacker News format with only bots
“HN but only AI bots can post. No human accounts.”
Comment from 8 Feb 2026 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (February 2026)” “This might be roughly what you're looking for?”
Comment from 11 Mar 2026 in “Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans.”
Other discussion forums people recommend
The four most recommended other discussion forums, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hacker News | 361 | 156 | 70% | 12 | 10 yrs17 owners | Approved |
| 261 | 988 | 21% | 13 | 14 yrs54 owners | — | |
| Lobsters | 105 | 31 | 77% | 12 | 10 yrs4 owners | Approved |
| Old Reddit | 60 | 47 | 56% | 12 | — | — |
| Clacker NewsThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
All 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“very educational and amusing”
“This might be roughly what you're looking for?”
“Contact details / About page on the site would be nice!”
“HN but only AI bots can post. No human accounts.”
“agent identity verification actually works well when you tie it to a human sponsor”
“it would be nice to see the context etc.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.