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Yeah, the money-mindedness also bothered me. The whole site is run by a Venture Capital company, so it attracts that kind of clientel.
I also found that the voting system (more people can upvote than downvote) encourages controversial comments. As a result, often times extreme comments would get voted to the top, whereas informative comments weren't.
And sometimes, there's people there who genuinely know a lot about technology, but far too many are "tech bros", so people who only care about technology when it can make them money or otherwise ease their lives.
Overall, well, I don't use it anymore...
And that is causing real enshittification. It is increasingly just about promotion of certain products while rejecting criticisms. There is less and less honest discussion. I get the feeling that mods will soon no longer allow "anti-tech" viewpoints altogether.
Good Alternative communities?
Well, you've already found Lemmy+kbin, which IMHO is currently the best.
Mastodon can be cool, too, although you've really got to curate your experience, and the soapboxing that someone else mentioned is really present on there, too.
Well, and then there's also lobste.rs. It's invite-only. If I remember correctly, it has lots of BSD users at its heart, so those are at least people who are genuinely interested in technology, but yeah, the opinions you find on there can also be a bit one-sided as a result...
Any communities recommended to join?
The one most similar is probably https://programming.dev
Well, if you want content similar to HN, these are kind of that:
Slashdot