Show HN: Health News – Hacker News for Health • Hacker News Board

If it’s going to be like HN, then it needs the front page to have posts voted beyond a threshold. Right now it shows the latest, which is like going to the “new” section on HN and seeing all the submissions pouring in and waiting to appear on the front page. Maybe the front page showing top posts with recency could help. Health is another area where there’s a lot of clickbait articles and spam. So controlling the quality of posts on the front page is very important.

Re: Show HN: Health News – Hacker News for Health

#5

Post by PierredeFermat » Wed, Mar 13, 2019, 5:58 PM UTC

newscracker wrote: post #4

Looks neat. If it’s going to be like HN, then it needs the front page to have posts voted beyond a threshold. Right now it shows the latest, which is like going to the “new” section on HN and seeing all the submissions pouring in and waiting to appear on the front page. Maybe the front page showing top posts with recency could help. Health is another area where there’s a lot of clickbait articles and spam. So control…

Absolutely so. Posts with more engagement will automatically climb up and that's on the "Top" section (https://news.nukleosome.com/top). We'll make this section the default as the community grows.

Thanks for the feedback!

Re: Show HN: Health News – Hacker News for Health

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Post by Escolte » Wed, Mar 13, 2019, 6:00 PM UTC

Just fyi: People with Health Anxiety, like me, please avoid this site :)

Re: Show HN: Health News – Hacker News for Health

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Post by PierredeFermat » Wed, Mar 13, 2019, 6:02 PM UTC

Escolte wrote: post #6

Just fyi: People with Health Anxiety, like me, please avoid this site :)

You don't learn to ride a bike by avoiding bikes :)

Nonetheless, it's totally understandable.

Re: Show HN: Health News – Hacker News for Health

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Post by Escolte » Wed, Mar 13, 2019, 6:06 PM UTC

PierredeFermat wrote: post #7

Escolte wrote: post #6

Just fyi: People with Health Anxiety, like me, please avoid this site :)

You don't learn to ride a bike by avoiding bikes :) Nonetheless, it's totally understandable.

Hahaha, trust me, I have health anxiety because I've ridden that bike way too many times and are currently undergoing through the process of riding it even further :/

Re: Show HN: Health News – Hacker News for Health

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Post by oarsinsync » Wed, Mar 13, 2019, 6:09 PM UTC

Hacker news fits all 30 links on a single screen in my current configuration

Health news fits 14 links in the same amount of space.

Looks good, but increase in information density would be nice.

Re: Show HN: Health News – Hacker News for Health

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Post by hiteho » Wed, Mar 13, 2019, 6:16 PM UTC

I appreciate the use of Discourse for this project, but unless the community is substantially similar to HN I don't see the value. A nontrivial number of links on HN deal with health (I'm thinking about recent stories related to dietary habits, sleep quality, and depression). And while these also appear elsewhere (Reddit, Twitter e.g), what I really value are the comments from this community that are well-moderated and on-point. Without the HN community the links on their own yield little value.