Get the HN you want: follow HN folk with email notifications.(hackerstream.com)
hackerstream.com
Get the HN you want: follow HN folk with email notifications.
http://www.hackerstream.com/
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Yeah. I've tried to make the most of current mores with the 'x more comments' link, which shows all of a comment's parents. What do you think of that?
I noticed that link, but did not try it because I was not really paying attention and assumed it was like those links on Reddit or (old) Slashdot that hide low-score comments.
I would have been more likely to try it if the link said, "Show x more comments above," since that phrasing is used on Less Wrong, or, "Show context."
(Trying it now.)
I would have been more likely to try it if the link said, "Show x more comments above," since that phrasing is used on Less Wrong, or, "Show context."
(Trying it now.)
Ah, thanks for the pointer to lesswrong!
I think the 'x more comments' interface is great. I've always followed certain HNers (most recently using RSS feeds from searchyc.com), but seeing their comments in context was never easy.
Don't forget http://hackerfollow.com/, it's still up and going strong. No email notifications, but it just works.
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I'd love to get some HN'ers trying this out over the next few days. Here's a little write-up we wrote about why we built it: http://akkartik.name/blog/2011-05-13-05-47-29-soc
I have seen your ad a number of times when googling for "hacker news". Are you planning to implement some sort of monetization in the future?
That's great to hear :) No, no plans for monetization. We're just trying to build a steady little stream of feedback.
Why do you type 'hacker news' into google?
Why do you type 'hacker news' into google?
Out of all the HN interface apps I've tried, this is one has stuck. Enjoy.
Thanks for the kind words!
np. It was actually your post a few days ago that led me to it. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2737779 I started using HS, and I have been enjoying it. -so thank you.
Great. Thanks! Suggestions for improvements are most welcomed :)
It's a shame we can't get an API which gives access to which stories users have upvoted/downvoted and use that to build a better frontpage for ourselves.
Well, the HN model has always been that votes are private. We can argue about whether that's a good idea (I don't think so), but it's probably not going to change.
Any reason why you don't set the "charset" on your pages? I'm seeing some unknown encoding "question marks". (chrome/mac)
Ah, thanks for the bug report. I'll fix things like http://hackerstream.com/?item=2747279
Just released the news reader which includes hackernews but also Twitter and more http://jetsli.de + supports geeky features http://ow.ly/5DMnk
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One can reduce the problem by always including the parent, but that is often too much or too little context. For a stream of omments to be worth reading really requires some indication of what older comments are necessary to understand any given comment and probably some changes in the habits of comment writers.
And yeah, the inability to make views worth reading of comments by selected authors makes me try to stay away from trees of comments like we see on reddit and HN. (HN however has other things going for it though that offset my dislike of trees of comments.)