Flattehn
Productivity
browser extension for hacker news
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How HN took it
3 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score -0.02.
Idea: 3 for, 3 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 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
Improves reading by focusing on post content over points and names
From 2 comments
I really like this. I'm already reading the content of posts more (as that's all there is) as opposed to involuntarily being swayed by extreme points and high profile user names.…
jsmcgd on HNI think it would useful to have this implemented as a actual feature on the site. If we can't make a decision without knowing how other people feel, I think that's a…
lwhi on HN
Objections
Users who vote prejudicially are unlikely to install it
From 2 comments
Good idea, but I suspect the sort of person who'd install this is the conscientious type who wouldn't vote prejudicially anyway. I hope I'm wrong but it feels like selling…
petercooper on HNpg is a bad example for me as I don't know and have never spoken to him so he doesn't get undue upvotes from me ;-) But I get your point, as I'm more likely to vote up someone I…
petercooper on HN
Hiding points on negative comments removes useful information
From 1 comment
I didn't see an obvious way of looking at the source code for those not using chrome, so maybe you have this already, but you should not hide points for negative comments. I hate…
ars on HN
Names are needed for credibility and tracking people
From 2 comments
Why do we each have a name? On a website, it is so readers can associate what a commenter is saying to what that person has said before. Any community where people are going to…
davi on HNIn my opinion the only interesting advice comes from people that "been there, done that". I don't need to read any self-help crap from people that tell you how something is done…
scrrr on HN
Requests
Firefox or Safari version
From 1 comment
Reason for its existence: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1991973 I hope you like it! Let me know here / on its page if you have any requests. Work on it is likely to stall…
Groxx on HN
Option to reveal author without upvoting
From 1 comment
Cool! It would be good if there were a way to reveal the author without upvoting. Maybe in doing so, the arrows would hide?
zbanks on HN
Hide own karma
From 1 comment
Good work for making this. I see a few hypotheses here on how behaviour will be changed...I'd like to see another post in a about a week or so on peoples' experiences using this…
resdirector on HN
Questions
Why comments with negative scores stop at -4
From 2 comments
Hmm, I don’t know, I think I see people tend to vote if they think a comment’s score should be higher or lower than it is. For example, unoffensive but unhelpful or off-topic…
alanh on HNWhat's the reasoning here?
alanh on HN