hn.luap.info
Productivity
content filter
SHOW HN2020
How HN took it
6 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 10 critical, out of 21 comments about the project. Thread score -0.13.
Idea: 1 for, 7 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 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
Useful for finding fresh, niche content beyond the front page
From 3 comments
Thanks for this! I was quickly able to find some interesting new and niche types of things to read, in contrast to what my normal strolls through news.ycombinator and hckrnews…
alexozer on HNthis offers a fresh perspective. thank you! once in a while there is a blogger that offers a different view or perspective on a topic that has been beaten to death here. them…
blondin on HNI consume my news through RSS subscriptions to specific websites, many of which frequently show up on the front page. I can see this becoming a very useful supplement to HN to…
pizzicato on HN
Filtering concept and explanation page are appreciated
From 2 comments
It's an interesting experiment and reflection of your personal interests but looking at http://hn.luap.info/links_flagged I can't tell the difference between most removed things…
pvg on HNthank you so much for getting rid of all the garbage that is chronically clogging HN. great work!
jppope on HN
Objections
Filter removes sites with useful commentary and does not clearly select better content
From 2 comments
clearly we have different interests in what we like from HN. many of the sites you filter are sites that I like prefer their content because they do offer commentary that…
optimuspaul on HNThe full list is at http://hn.luap.info/about It's definitely idiosyncratic, as one would expect. A more interesting question is 'does it produce interesting results'. To my eyes…
pvg on HN
Blocking .org domains removes many useful sites
From 2 comments
There's a ban on *.org? Yikes.
kick on HNA lot of frameworks, libraries, programming languages etc. are .org websites and thus you're probably causing more damage by filtering .org
hackerman123469 on HN
Flagging rules penalise frequent posters, including women and regular contributors
From 1 comment
A user is flagged if: He posted more than 2 two links in the last 1 hour He posted more than 5 links in the last 5 days He has posted more than 5 links in the last 30 days and…
DoreenMichele on HN
Requests
Personalized or NLP-based content assessment instead of blacklists
From 2 comments
clearly we have different interests in what we like from HN. many of the sites you filter are sites that I like prefer their content because they do offer commentary that…
optimuspaul on HNPerhaps what we really need is a personalized feed.
amelius on HN
Show points and comment counts per article
From 1 comment
It would be nice to still show the number of points and comments per article in your interface, so that one could quickly scan and see what's generated the most interest.
jgwil2 on HN
Show HN discussion link when there is no external link
From 1 comment
where there's no link you should maybe consider linking to the article here on hn?
somishere on HN
Questions
What share of readers go past page one of HN?
From 1 comment
I wonder what % of readers move on to Page 2 of HN? Or Page 3?
Tempest1981 on HN
Is the 30-minute visibility window accurate?
From 1 comment
30 minutes during busy hours seems optimistic. I've seen it get as low as ten, but very few people check past the first five links on /new anyway.
kick on HN
Alternatives named
Lobsters tags
From 2 comments
lobste.rs tags?
JetSpiegel on HNSomewhat useful if someone not want to see news though. However, this reminds me lobster, so same service already existed. You can give it a check.
terrycody on HN
hckrnews.com
From 2 comments
I highly recommend hckrnews.com to bypass the HN frontpage all together. I usually sort by top 20% for a quick digest or simply sort by new. Sorting by new makes it pretty easy…
alden_penny on HNhttps://hckrnews.com/ has HN stories in reverse-chronological order, and shows where your last visit's newest story was (if you keep the cookie, of course). Sounds like exactly…
SAI_Peregrinus on HN
hnrss.org points filter
From 1 comment
Interesting tool. I am using hnrss.org to get posts in my aggregator and did not have to complain so far. That is probably because I filter the posts by points, so I only get the…
Seb-C on HN
HN ML filter hn.njl.us
From 1 comment
I guess Hacker News loses its memory after a few years, but six years ago this item[0] hit the front page about using machine learning to train a filter for Hacker News. It is…
tacon on HN