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74points
45comments
#342of 1,739 in 2013
Top 20%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
7 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 20 comments about the project. Thread score +0.22.
Idea: 6 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 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
Simple and elegant idea that filters noisy HN content
From 3 comments
Wow, this is such a simple and elegant idea. Might've been a bit more practical to build it as a story-hiding extension rather than a separate site. And I just happen to have…
latitude on HNThanks for pointer to http://www.skimhn.com/. It feels like gasp of fresh air. Sifting through list of highly diverse material, which Hacker News is, is a real cognitive load…
gala8y on HNFascinating. Given that HN has so much content nowadays, aggregators/filters like this are proving useful. (I found this link through http://www.skimhn.com/)
aiurtourist on HN
Objections
Site did not work in Internet Explorer
From 1 comment
At first I thought the joke was that there was nothing on the HN Frontpage that was not also posted to Techmeme. Then I realized the site does not work in IE.
gamblor956 on HN
Did not show already visited links
From 1 comment
It does not show me the links that I've already visited. Thats the best thing I like about HN site.
usaphp on HN
Requests
Ability to ban chosen domains
From 1 comment
Is there anything around that lets me "ban" domains that I've chosen? I know I personally won't get anything positive out of a link from dcurt.is or 42floors, and I don't like…
lmm on HN
Filter out YC company announcements
From 1 comment
I would like to see "HN Frontpage Minus YC company announcements"
volaski on HN
Alternatives named
Browser extensions that hide stories by domain
From 3 comments
Wow, this is such a simple and elegant idea. Might've been a bit more practical to build it as a story-hiding extension rather than a separate site. And I just happen to have…
latitude on HNIf you are using Google Chrome, there is Autobahn extension http://vlad.github.com/autobahn/ by vlad, discussed few months ago (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4197062).
gala8y on HNI wrote a Safari extension a couple years ago when the number of Bitcoin stories on the home page was reaching epidemic levels. There's a link on there to a similar extension for…
aaronbrethorst on HN
skimhn.com
From 1 comment
Fascinating. Given that HN has so much content nowadays, aggregators/filters like this are proving useful. (I found this link through http://www.skimhn.com/)
aiurtourist on HN