# Techmeme 8 Hacker News commenters recommended Techmeme and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months. **Verdict:** People recommend Techmeme for cutting clickbait from tech news, giving clear summaries with links to tweets, Reddit and HN discussions. The most common complaint is the citation wall on desktop. ## Why people recommend it - Removes clickbait, gives clear summaries (2 comments): "Techmeme is one of the few sites you can read the headlines and decide correctly whether to click in to read or not." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46024716)) "It removes the clickbait, gives you a clear idea, attaches tweets, reddit and hn links and saves so much time." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46047571)) - Useful RSS feed for news (2 comments): "techmeme and memeorandum are 2 great firehouse rss feeds that I appreciate" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46773873)) "a RSS subscription for Techmeme is sufficient." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48939678)) ## What people warn about - Wall of citations on desktop (1 comments): "The only thing that irritates me about the site is the wall of citations under every item on the desktop version" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46047967)) - Back button badly placed on mobile (1 comments): "F** you Gabe for putting the Back button on the top left on mobile view" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46021020)) - Long and complicated to read (1 comments): "They are so painfully long and complicated." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46011062)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [Ground News](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ground-news.md): 18 recommend - [Digg](https://hackerapproved.com/p/digg.md): 17 recommend - [Kagi News](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kagi-news.md): 14 recommend - [techposts.eu](https://hackerapproved.com/p/techposts-eu.md): 11 recommend - [Brutalist Report](https://hackerapproved.com/p/brutalist-report.md): 10 recommend ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Techmeme", https://hackerapproved.com/p/techmeme/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).