Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to HowFake
The Fake News Buster
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. HowFake launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
- 1FN
2017 · fakebullshit.news · its alternatives →
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- 4HN
2012 · hncomments.nathancahill.com · its alternatives →
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Hide posts & block sites that publish fake news on Facebook
2016 · its alternatives →
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- 8BOBit of News▲108
2013 · bitofnews.com · its alternatives →
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Test your ability to distinguish between fake and real news
2024 · hackernewssatire.com · its alternatives →
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- 16NFNews from Reddit▲124
2017 · fastnews.me · its alternatives →
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- 18FH
Hi HN! I’ve been lurking for a while, but out of fear of being steamrolled by HN readers or maybe just natural introversion, I’ve always been too scared to post or comment. Which is why 1. this is my first real Hacker News submission 2. my friend Michael and I built "Fake" Hacker News, a place to post and see what AI-generated HN comments might say. Here’s a video of me using fakeHN to test this very submission: https://www.loom.com/share/4b9f4f9d7c77489a86baeb92ec55a1ed?... And an example of one of our generated posts:…
2023 · fakehn.com · its alternatives →
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- 21WS
2012 · patrick-wied.at · its alternatives →
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- 24CC
2016 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →
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