Poll: how do you use HN?
Vote for all that apply.
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I use this feed:
http://andrewtrusty.appspot.com/readability/feed?url=http%3A...
via Google Reader.
Because it expands out the content of the links, this makes reading it significantly easier. It's not perfect, but it does a pretty good job.
Because it expands out the content of the links, this makes reading it significantly easier. It's not perfect, but it does a pretty good job.
As a bit of reasoning behind why I go directly to the site (and I assume others as well)
1) On twitter, I don't get the num of votes, and comments
2) there are too many articles to use in RSS. It fills the rss reader.
3) Aggregator? could you clarify that one?
4) I tried a firefox extension just to provide feedback, but it wasn't as natural as going to the site proper.
Out of curiosity, is there is something you were looking for? A more direct question?
1) On twitter, I don't get the num of votes, and comments
2) there are too many articles to use in RSS. It fills the rss reader.
3) Aggregator? could you clarify that one?
4) I tried a firefox extension just to provide feedback, but it wasn't as natural as going to the site proper.
Out of curiosity, is there is something you were looking for? A more direct question?
I primarily read the HN RSS feed, and also try to look at every headline that comes across the feed to make sure I don't miss any godo stuff. I became curious about how much in the minority I am in doing this.
I used to have this OCDish behavior with HN & twitter, but then it took too much of my life.
Since I stopped both, I sleep more and consequently code better.
Some gems don't get upvoted, and that's ok; I'll discover it eventually somehow. In twitter's case, the signal to noise ratio just doesn't cut it for me at this moment.
Since I stopped both, I sleep more and consequently code better.
Some gems don't get upvoted, and that's ok; I'll discover it eventually somehow. In twitter's case, the signal to noise ratio just doesn't cut it for me at this moment.
I feel you on the signal:noise - I'd love your take on how I'm trying to solve that very problem: http://slipstre.am/
I also follow the RSS feed headlines nearly realtime in Google Reader. I was surprised to see that Hacker News has four times the amount of submissions/day than other feeds I follow:
109.8 Hacker News
25.7 Joystiq
25.4 Digg Offbeat
23.6 Slashdot
22.6 Mashable!
22.5 Digg Technology
18.3 Lifehacker
I'm honestly thinking of starting to use it as Richard Stallman would. Voted for HNsite, which I also check on my phone.
The proportions of this sample fit my expectations given the "referal" traffic show by analytics when I have blog posts.
Obsessively.
Tried RSS feeds but it sucks. There needs to be an RSS feed that only shows items that make it at least to the front page. Or maybe beyond some configurable vote threshold.
I use a feed that only shows items that hit the front page (otherwise I couldn't keep up). I forget how I found this originally.
http://nirmalpatel.com/fcgi/hn_feed.fcgi
[Edit: this feed now appears to be redirecting, but either URL works in my feed-reader: http://andrewtrusty.appspot.com/readability/feed?url=http://...]
http://nirmalpatel.com/fcgi/hn_feed.fcgi
[Edit: this feed now appears to be redirecting, but either URL works in my feed-reader: http://andrewtrusty.appspot.com/readability/feed?url=http://...]
I like the RSS feed because even though it's a lot to consume, there's always a gem or two hidden inside the depths of HN that never reaches the front page...
site + searchyc.com
I use the RSS feed. If you use Safari there is a way to drag a feed to your address bar and have it automatically update. This can also aggregate all your feeds into a single bookmark bar item, but I don't know how many people know/use this feature in Safari. I tried using the RSS read in mail, but I get enough stuff in my mailbox.
I just use RSS. I agree that there are way too many articles to go through. However, I just skim the titles every once in awhile and click only on things that jump out at me. I have had years of experience filtering google search results, so I'm quite good at it :D