techposts.eu
Ranked 4 of 9 news aggregators by recommenders
Recommended as a European Hacker News alternative with a useful jobs section. Critics most often flag the missing privacy policy and imprint.
Recommended as a European Hacker News alternative with a useful jobs section. Critics most often flag the missing privacy policy and imprint.
15 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 11
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 73%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not 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
- 11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 2.8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
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
Fills need for European tech community
“we need this in Europe: we have both startups, companies, innovation and awesome people”
Comment from 5 Jan 2026 in “Ask HN: How is your work making the world a better place?” “We do need this. HN is quite US-centered and sometimes I'm tired of it.”
Comment from 12 Jan 2026 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (January 2026)”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Missing privacy policy and imprint
“No documentation about who runs it, no privacy policy, no words of licensing or anything else.”
Comment from 24 Jan 2026 in “European Alternatives” “I'd like if you had an imprint and privacy policy on the site”
Comment from 15 Dec 2025 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)” Blue underlined links hard to read
“Just please - get rid of that all blue and underlined links. Its hell to read.”
Comment from 15 Dec 2025 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)” “The underline on every post, makes it hard to read.”
Comment from 9 Feb 2026 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (February 2026)”
Other news aggregators people recommend
The four most recommended other news aggregators, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ground News | 18 | 23 | 44% | 10 | — | — |
| Digg | 17 | 43 | 28% | 11 | — | — |
| Kagi News | 14 | 4 | 78% | 8 | — | Approved |
| techposts.euThis page | 11 | 4 | 73% | 2 | — | — |
| Brutalist Report | 10 | 1 | 91% | 6 | — | Approved |
What people said
14 of the 16 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“The underline on every post, makes it hard to read.”
“No documentation about who runs it, no privacy policy, no words of licensing or anything else.”
“seems like a decent alternative, but needs some more traction”
“We do need this. HN is quite US-centered and sometimes I'm tired of it.”
“I'm particularly happy with the jobs section, which is growing into a high signal-noise source for European tech jobs”
“we need this in Europe: we have both startups, companies, innovation and awesome people”
“I'd like if you had an imprint and privacy policy on the site”
“It shifts out of the screen on the left cutting off the comments.”
“Site needs better UI without a doubt.”
“Just please - get rid of that all blue and underlined links. Its hell to read.”
“Great idea, I'd appreciate an RSS feed”
“UI is very nice and simple, one tiny bit of feedback is that a 'guidelines' page would be worthwhile”
“Color scheme is a bit harsh for me.”
“Good work, but the headlines are still in „newspaper“ style and not in hacker news style”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.