I use it all the time. I hide stories that don't interest me, which makes it easier to scan through the list later to see what I missed.
Same here. Please keep the button.
Ask HN: Does anybody use the HN hide button?
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Re: Ask HN: Does anybody use the HN hide button?
#22I use it all the time. For me, it's the only way I can signal that I don't think this post belongs on HN. For example, a submission about reintroducing bison on tallgrass prairies. HN is what we want it to be. We all make it. Personally I want to see stories about technology, software, startups, etc.
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Re: Ask HN: Does anybody use the HN hide button?
#23I regret adding it, because I don't think it pays for the complexity it adds. But I haven't had have the nerve to cut it. If people are clicking it mostly by accident, that could be the excuse I need. Also I told pg one time that I wanted to get rid of it and he said "oh don't do that!" I think he used it exactly once.
I use it (deliberately) all the time.
Re: Ask HN: Does anybody use the HN hide button?
#24I regret adding it, because I don't think it pays for the complexity it adds. But I haven't had have the nerve to cut it. If people are clicking it mostly by accident, that could be the excuse I need. Also I told pg one time that I wanted to get rid of it and he said "oh don't do that!" I think he used it exactly once.
I think it needs to be improved. I sometimes hit it when I don't mean to on mobile. Otherwise I use it all the time to hide topics that don't interest me.
Re: Ask HN: Does anybody use the HN hide button?
#25I regret adding it, because I don't think it pays for the complexity it adds. But I haven't had have the nerve to cut it. If people are clicking it mostly by accident, that could be the excuse I need. Also I told pg one time that I wanted to get rid of it and he said "oh don't do that!" I think he used it exactly once.
I use the hide button infrequently but I do use it. Maybe making it an opt-in profile setting is a reasonable solution, since most of the responses are negative it seems?
Re: Ask HN: Does anybody use the HN hide button?
#26I regret adding it, because I don't think it pays for the complexity it adds. But I haven't had have the nerve to cut it. If people are clicking it mostly by accident, that could be the excuse I need. Also I told pg one time that I wanted to get rid of it and he said "oh don't do that!" I think he used it exactly once.
Both the hide and flag buttons have non-trivial consequences, for which thread titles do not provide sufficient context. If they could be limited to the story page, their usage would gain context from comments, and suffer less accidental clicks on mobile.
It's also distracting to have 60 link targets occupying tactile and optical real estate on the front page, when they are rarely pressed. Limiting hide/flag to the story page would reduce front page link targets by one-third.
Re: Ask HN: Does anybody use the HN hide button?
#27I use it all the time. For me, it's the only way I can signal that I don't think this post belongs on HN. For example, a submission about reintroducing bison on tallgrass prairies. HN is what we want it to be. We all make it. Personally I want to see stories about technology, software, startups, etc.
> signal that I don't think this post belongs on HN
Is that signal aggregated somewhere?
Re: Ask HN: Does anybody use the HN hide button?
#28I accidentally hit hide or flag all the time on mobile. I wish there was an easy way to view all your flagged posts (just like hidden ones), because for both I invariably try to undo it so I can see the post again.
Re: Ask HN: Does anybody use the HN hide button?
#29I use it all the time. For me, it's the only way I can signal that I don't think this post belongs on HN. For example, a submission about reintroducing bison on tallgrass prairies. HN is what we want it to be. We all make it. Personally I want to see stories about technology, software, startups, etc.
> signal that I don't think this post belongs on HN Is that signal aggregated somewhere?
It shouldn't be (and I'm pretty sure it isn't) since it's not what the feature is for. There's flagging and complaining to the mods (via email) for the 'signal'.
Re: Ask HN: Does anybody use the HN hide button?
#30Yes I use it all the time ! Since the feed is not really customizable, it is my only way to hide things I don't care about. I know it is not a downvote but mentally it makes me feel better to hide all Twitter and NYT links - I hit the hide button almost instinctively now.