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Re: Show HN: A cryptocurrency news scraper inspired by Hacker News

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post #7

Any plans to add a comment system? Edit: I'm excited by the idea of a crypto focused HN-ish site, I'd love if there was a comment system :)

I thought that was Reddit is for. The /r/Cryptocurrency subreddit exactly serves this purpose.

/r/Cryptocurrency is literally all price-talk and shilling -- very few posts of self-reflection or technicals.

Re: Show HN: A cryptocurrency news scraper inspired by Hacker News

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post #34
post #29

This is not crypto news, but cryptocurrency news.

In a world where 'literally' can be defined as 'figuratively', I'm not sure why we bother splitting hairs on terminology... what is accepted is what is accepted.

I don't accept crypto to mean cryptocurrency.

It's like saying butter when you mean butterscotch. Doesn't mean the same thing and shouldn't.

Re: Show HN: A cryptocurrency news scraper inspired by Hacker News

#44
post #19

I can't middleclick links. Unusable for me. Also, please don't attach /?sort=new (or remove it) to reddit threads. It overrides the user's sorting.

what does a middleclick do?

In most browsers, middle clicking a link will open in a new tab.

Re: Show HN: A cryptocurrency news scraper inspired by Hacker News

#45

One of the reasons I love Hacker News is because of the high quality of content and discussion. Looking like HN is nice but the fact that your top post includes a nice little "(((bankers)))" remark from /u/BigNuts881 was a rough reminder that this isn't to be a much better than just looking through the results of a broad Twitter search.

That is a good part of Hacker News, but I'd suspect if it's like any other community site maybe 10% of people bother reading comments and 1% bother to make them. There's plenty of room catering for the 90% who just want the links Drudge-style, and kicking off a community that actually has discussions is super hard work.

that's funny because I read the comments on far more posts that I actually follow the links to.

Re: Show HN: A cryptocurrency news scraper inspired by Hacker News

#46
post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

what does a middleclick do?

In most browsers, middle clicking a link will open in a new tab.

I don't have a middle button so it's news to me. I have a modifier key for that or a right click and select "open in new tab"

Re: Show HN: A cryptocurrency news scraper inspired by Hacker News

#47
post #19

I can't middleclick links. Unusable for me. Also, please don't attach /?sort=new (or remove it) to reddit threads. It overrides the user's sorting.

I almost liked it, but then I wanted to open 5 links in new tabs and it didn't work, also left-click also doesnt work, it just tries to load some information from external source, only reddit link worked "OK" (but really not OK, I wanted to see comments not content of a post) for me.

Re: Show HN: A cryptocurrency news scraper inspired by Hacker News

#48
3 suggestions.

- when I click on the link to go to the side, I'd much rather prefer it to open as a new page because it allows for quicker loading when you hit the back button, which would then close that page and bring you back to your site without needing it to reload.

- when visiting a link and then going back, I need to tap it twice. Just tapping once brings me to the redirect and then it just goes to the link again. This doesn't need time be fixed if the link is opened in a New tab though

- the tickers up top should give priority to a watchlist we could build and store in local storage so sign up isn't needed. Should be pretty trivial to implement

Re: Show HN: A cryptocurrency news scraper inspired by Hacker News

#49
post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In a world where 'literally' can be defined as 'figuratively', I'm not sure why we bother splitting hairs on terminology... what is accepted is what is accepted.

> what is accepted is what is accepted Is it accepted? I would agree only when it appears in the NYT or The Economist with its 'new' meaning. It's a subset of lazy people in tech who are abusing 'crypto' at this point in time, not Valley Girls. There's an inflection point here to interdict the abuse, before it gains mass-usage.

I see it as hopelessly yelling at kids to stop walking on your lawn

Re: Show HN: A cryptocurrency news scraper inspired by Hacker News

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post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In a world where 'literally' can be defined as 'figuratively', I'm not sure why we bother splitting hairs on terminology... what is accepted is what is accepted.

I don't accept crypto to mean cryptocurrency. It's like saying butter when you mean butterscotch. Doesn't mean the same thing and shouldn't.

Unfortunately, the world could care less about what you personally accept.
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