txtfeed vs Hacker News
txtfeed vs Hacker News — HN's signal, more sources, learns you.
The verdict
Use Hacker News when you want the canonical tech-community discussion. Use txtfeed when you want HN-quality signal across more sources, personalized to you.
Hacker News is the gold standard for tech discovery, but it's a single global feed: same stories for everyone, ranked by raw votes. txtfeed pulls from HN plus 500+ other sources, dedupes the same story across them, and learns what you actually click.
Side by side
| Feature | txtfeed | Hacker News |
|---|---|---|
| Sources | HN + Reddit + 500+ RSS feeds | Single submitter pool |
| Personalization | Per-user model, learns in 3 votes | None — same feed for everyone |
| Cross-source verification | Verified badge when N sources agree | No deduplication |
| Mobile experience | Mobile-first, dark mode, gestures | Desktop-era HTML |
| Comment culture | Upvote-only comments | Deep threaded discussion |
| Submission rate | User submissions accepted | Tens of thousands of users submitting |
| Topic breadth | 24 topics: tech, science, design, business, world… | Tech-centric |
txtfeed wins 5 of 7 comparisons.
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