Hitcount.me
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SHOW HN2015
67points
10comments
#412of 2,565 in 2015
Top 17%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
1 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score -0.10.
Idea: 1 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Easy to implement
From 1 comment
This is really cool and I appreciate the ease of implementation. I feel that the best content on Reddit, HN, and the like is often not intentionally seeking traffic but is rather…
aaronfullerton on HN
Interesting idea for finding popular content
From 1 comment
This is really cool and I appreciate the ease of implementation. I feel that the best content on Reddit, HN, and the like is often not intentionally seeking traffic but is rather…
aaronfullerton on HN
Objections
Hit count is a weak measure of quality; time on page would be better
From 1 comment
Just hitcount doesn't seem to be a great measure of quality. What I think would be more interesting would take into consideration time spent on page. That could really help kill…
gamerDude on HN
Easy to game with a leaderboard
From 1 comment
I’m sure you can figure out ways to break it, but it’s a waste of your time (and you need to get a life). If it's not worth gaming then why waste time making it in to a game by…
onion2k on HN
Triggers uBlock ad blocker pattern
From 2 comments
Cool project! Some suggestions: 1) Add rel="nofollow" to your links on https://hitcount.me ... or say hello to SEO spammers! 2) http://hitcount.me isn't forwarding to…
brobinson on HNTechnically uBlock is working perfectly.
Navarr on HN
Requests
Add rel=nofollow to links
From 1 comment
Cool project! Some suggestions: 1) Add rel="nofollow" to your links on https://hitcount.me ... or say hello to SEO spammers! 2) http://hitcount.me isn't forwarding to…
brobinson on HN
Fix HTTP to HTTPS redirect and tune SSL
From 1 comment
Cool project! Some suggestions: 1) Add rel="nofollow" to your links on https://hitcount.me ... or say hello to SEO spammers! 2) http://hitcount.me isn't forwarding to…
brobinson on HN
Track time spent on page
From 1 comment
Just hitcount doesn't seem to be a great measure of quality. What I think would be more interesting would take into consideration time spent on page. That could really help kill…
gamerDude on HN
Questions
Does it handle load testing with ab -n 100000?
From 1 comment
does it pass the `ab -n 100000` test?
kylehotchkiss on HN