Crypto News Agency
Finance and crypto
crypto news aggregator
SHOW HN2018
183points
102comments
#202of 2,155 in 2018
Top 10%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
3 positive, 14 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 23 critical, out of 44 comments about the project. Thread score -0.42.
Design: 2 for, 7 againstExecution: 0 for, 9 againstIdea: 1 for, 5 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Ticker bar is useful and well liked
From 3 comments
I would visit this daily if the content quality were better. Maybe start with scraping, then let people post themselves, and gradually move towards no scraping. I like the…
a13n on HNI like the ticker, and I like it overall. Good job!
shepardrtc on HNYes, the ticker is great! I would love a chrome extension that could attach a ticker like this to HN.
galfarragem on HN
Hacker News style layout is a nice idea
From 1 comment
Overall the site looks nice and functions well. The ticker a the top is hard to use as I could not see that you could scroll. I like the concept of the 101 section, could use…
showkiller on HN
Objections
Links don't open with normal click or middle click
From 4 comments
I can't middleclick links. Unusable for me. Also, please don't attach /?sort=new (or remove it) to reddit threads. It overrides the user's sorting.
Moter8 on HNI can't open the links for the original posts, is this happening with you all as well?
Ftuuky on HNI am not able to click any story :(
techaddict009 on HNNot just middle click, I can’t long press on mobile in order to open a new tab either. I suspect it’s just a <div> element with an onclick handler.
4lun on HN
Clicking titles adds points, confusing voting and interaction
From 1 comment
If you model your site after Hacker News, people are going to try to use it like Hacker News, and the expected behavior of your site is incredibly not-hacker-news-like. 1. I…
eggbrain on HN
Name and domain suggest cryptography, not cryptocurrency
From 3 comments
This is A cryptocurrency news scraper inspired by Hacker News. Reading the HN title, and looking at the site name listed on HN, I had expected there to be information relating to…
IncRnd on HNThis is not crypto news, but cryptocurrency news.
nijaru on HNThat is not what “crypto” means.
lawnchair_larry on HN
Font too thin and grey to read
From 1 comment
Side note, I find the font very hard to read. The letters are too thin and grey. Removing the "font-weight: 300;" style from the body makes it infinitely more readable.
Retr0spectrum on HN
Content quality is low and includes off-topic items
From 2 comments
One of the reasons I love Hacker News is because of the high quality of content and discussion. Looking like HN is nice but the fact that your top post includes a nice little…
sickcodebruh on HNNot sure how this one got in there at number 33: "Iranian woman reported missing after waving headscarf in public without wearing a hijab". Possibly a spam comment about cryptos…
kristianp on HN
Requests
Add commenting and discussion
From 3 comments
Any plans to add a comment system? Edit: I'm excited by the idea of a crypto focused HN-ish site, I'd love if there was a comment system :)
lsadam0 on HNIt would be really great to be able to login 1) save stuff and 2) discuss articles. It doesn't even need to be threaded or have voting at first.
Xeoncross on HNLose the tickers. Add discussions.
zencash on HN
Add user accounts to save items
From 2 comments
It would be really great to be able to login 1) save stuff and 2) discuss articles. It doesn't even need to be threaded or have voting at first.
Xeoncross on HNwould be nice to add some kind of json feed. maybe add some kind of account login to get the feed. some kind of database to collect all this would be neat for some kind of price…
sharemywin on HN
Add sentiment analysis per article
From 2 comments
I'd like to see a sentiment for each article as well. If you add that, then add a green/red indicator on the price chart as well for when the news came out.
phoneboy on HNWould you mind adding sentiment analysis to this? Ex: bitcoin: negative; ethereum: neutral; bitcoin cash: very positive I would love you forever.
txsh on HN
Open an API or JSON feed
From 2 comments
Will you open the API like HackerNews ?
metrue on HNwould be nice to add some kind of json feed. maybe add some kind of account login to get the feed. some kind of database to collect all this would be neat for some kind of price…
sharemywin on HN
Add Twitter as a source
From 1 comment
might add twitter.
sharemywin on HN
Questions
What is the tech stack and how is scraping done?
From 2 comments
Congrats on shipping! What's the tech stack you used? I see from your comments buried at the bottom that you are not a designer, so will give you a pass on the usability issues…
justboxing on HNCan you say more about how you built this? How you did the scraping, etc. ?
notnull on HN
Why is the metamask code present?
From 1 comment
What is all the metamask code for?
Vervious on HN
Alternatives named
Reddit cryptocurrency subreddit
From 2 comments
I thought that was Reddit is for. The /r/Cryptocurrency subreddit exactly serves this purpose.
vthallam on HN/r/Cryptocurrency is literally all price-talk and shilling -- very few posts of self-reflection or technicals.
QML on HN
hodlfeed.com
From 1 comment
http://hodlfeed.com
colecut on HN
Hacker News
From 1 comment
HN works great without js. This site I can't even click the links?
dmm on HN