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I don't think HN is…",{"value":58,"source":47,"evidence":59},"Hacker News users who want to follow other users",[60],{"id":61,"by":11,"text":62},"8561858","Hey everyone, this was a little weekend hack. I hope you find it useful! Let me know if you have any questions. Feel free to check out my follow page:…",{"value":64,"source":65,"evidence":66},"A little weekend hack","maker",[67],{"id":61,"by":11,"text":62},[],"unknown","launched","solo",{"praise":73,"objections":90,"requests":109,"questions":129,"alternatives":137},[74,82],{"value":75,"source":76,"evidence":77},"Simple to set up and pleasant to use","commenter",[78],{"id":79,"by":80,"text":81},"8561966","KhalilK","It is indeed simple to setup in a pleasant way, but there are plenty of trolls out there. Kudos nonetheless!",{"value":83,"source":76,"evidence":84},"Feels like something HN should already have",[85,86],{"id":50,"by":51,"text":52},{"id":87,"by":88,"text":89},"8563094","austenallred","I don't think it's random at all. From a would-be user's perspective it makes complete sense to me that this post took off and yours didn't get too far. I want to explain why,…",[91,101],{"value":92,"source":76,"evidence":93},"Anyone can edit any profile without authentication",[94,97],{"id":95,"by":80,"text":96},"8561912","Well, all it takes is to add &edit=true to anyone's follow page...",{"id":98,"by":99,"text":100},"8561933","seszett","Or just click the \"Edit\" button. I think it's intended (avoiding the need for some kind of auth).",{"value":102,"source":76,"evidence":103},"Following users would turn HN into a popularity contest",[104,105],{"id":54,"by":55,"text":56},{"id":106,"by":107,"text":108},"8562867","fivedogit","As I was building my \"follow\" chrome extension... https:\u002F\u002Fchrome.google.com\u002Fwebstore\u002Fdetail\u002Fhn2go\u002Flogdfcelflpgcbfebibbeajmhpofckjh (shameless plug) ... I definitely wondered…",[110,116],{"value":111,"source":65,"evidence":112},"Lock profiles so only the owner can edit them",[113],{"id":114,"by":11,"text":115},"8561975","Thank you! Seems like enough people have expressed concern about the ability to edit any profile. I'll add something simple to lock a profile down soon.",{"value":117,"source":76,"evidence":118},"Verify users via a code placed in their HN profile",[119,123,126],{"id":120,"by":121,"text":122},"8561930","3rd3","You should verify users by giving them a code they have to put in a comment somewhere.",{"id":124,"by":88,"text":125},"8561989","Probably in their HN profile would make the most sense.",{"id":127,"by":121,"text":128},"8562060","That’s a much better idea. It wouldn’t even require storing credentials since the profile page can be updated pretty quickly.",[130],{"value":131,"source":76,"evidence":132},"Is there an open-source HN clone for a small group?",[133],{"id":134,"by":135,"text":136},"8563072","RRWagner","Is there a current open-source version of HN that one could use to create a small HN for a group of friends? How close of a clone to HN could one create using Wordpress?",[138,145,151],{"value":139,"source":76,"evidence":140},"HNWatcher",[141],{"id":142,"by":143,"text":144},"8562350","nickstinemates","I have been using HNWatcher for this - I especially appreciate the emails it sends. I'll take a look. Thanks for sharing!",{"value":146,"source":76,"evidence":147},"HN2Go Chrome extension",[148],{"id":149,"by":107,"text":150},"8562829","Same here. Finished it a couple of days ago. https:\u002F\u002Fchrome.google.com\u002Fwebstore\u002Fdetail\u002Fhn2go\u002Flogdfcelflpgcbfebibbeajmhpofckjh https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Ffivedogit\u002Fhn2go-backend…",{"value":152,"source":76,"evidence":153},"follow-hn Chrome extension",[154],{"id":155,"by":156,"text":157},"8562301","napoleond","Cool! I've been working on a little Chrome extension that does something similar (and has a quite similar name ;) ): https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fnapoleond\u002Ffollow-hn Have been meaning to…",{"comments":159,"answered":33,"key":160},8,[161,164,165],{"id":162,"text":163},"8562335","I love this! Feel free to piggy back off of the HN Follow API. I already support caching! :)",{"id":61,"text":62},{"id":166,"text":167},"8561950","Yup. For now that's all it takes. I wasn't really concerned preventing other people from editing a profile up until now. 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