Perhaps HN should learn via your upvotes which articles to show you.
And the same principle could be used for comments, too.
Ask HN: Can we get a "hide story" button?
11–15 of 15 posts
Re: Ask HN: Can we get a "hide story" button?
#12Hide would be great. or even better a filter option. Then I could say filter-remove:ipad
Filter has been done by many a GM script.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/25039
I realize that only helps if you have a browser with GM (like Firefox).
Re: Ask HN: Can we get a "hide story" button?
#13Perhaps what would be more useful is an RSS feed. That way you get standard newsreader features like mark-as-read and show-unread and sort-by-newest for free.
Of course you don't get the sorting, but them's the breaks.
Re: Ask HN: Can we get a "hide story" button?
#14Perhaps what would be more useful is an RSS feed. That way you get standard newsreader features like mark-as-read and show-unread and sort-by-newest for free. Of course you don't get the sorting, but them's the breaks.
Re: Ask HN: Can we get a "hide story" button?
#15The reason I don't do this is that it would remove the pressure to make the content of the site be good.
One reason public transport is bad in most US cities is that rich people rarely use it.