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Or make tag creation a karma threshold.
13000 should do it ;-)
karmaism
Poll: Would you like tags implemented on HN
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Re: Poll: Would you like tags implemented on HN
#72No. One of appeals of HN is the simple interface.
The appeal to me is the thought that goes into new features, not the subjective complexity of the overall experience.
Re: Poll: Would you like tags implemented on HN
#73Makes little sense to makde decisions based on such polls. Had Apple conducted a poll with "would you buy a slightly bigger iPhone called iPad" I dont think that device would have seen light of the day.
Re: Poll: Would you like tags implemented on HN
#74Not a bad idea, per se, but could we not distract PG with such ideas so that he can read my yc application in peace ;)
Re: Poll: Would you like tags implemented on HN
#75I would like a robust (official) API for HN before tags, I think it would have more direct uses.
I'm aware of the existing solutions such as the ruby gem or http://api.ihackernews.com/ but functionality is fairly limited, and it would be nice not to have to resort to just scraping it.
Re: Poll: Would you like tags implemented on HN
#76I think that tags with which everyone can contribute is tricky, tags usually seem to work better if you can have your own taxonomy of tags and they contribute to the site. (eg: delicious lets you tag stuff, and browse those, in addition to everyones tags.) With an implementation of that scale, I can think of more valuable features to implement (like combatting the decline in comment quality recently) Really not sure…
This is deviating from the main discussion here, but what are your ideas for combatting the decline in comment quality?
If there were a checklist of guidelines about comments and you had to physically check each one to post a comment, it would A) reduce trivial posts by making them more work to post and B) provide reminders -every time you post- about the kinds of content desired for posts.
Re: Poll: Would you like tags implemented on HN
#77No. One of appeals of HN is the simple interface.
The appeal to me is the thought that goes into new features, not the subjective complexity of the overall experience.
The main features that I get out of HN are that (1) I get to read the opinions of a lot of very smart people and (2) I get exposed to industry news and trends that I wouldn't from sites with far more noise.
If I go to a site like http://answers.onstartups.com, I have trouble scanning the page because of all the visual elements like the tags, the background image, the blue text, the side bar advertising, and so forth. I realize not everyone is as visually distracted by those things as I am, but I really appreciate not having any of those page elements on HN.
Re: Poll: Would you like tags implemented on HN
#78Yes. But more so I'd like the ability to curate and follow lists of people that post comments and articles that I am interested in. It seems to me that this idea from twitter could be used to stop Eternal September problems on sites like HN and reddit (the subreddit system is not fully effective.)
I'm trying something very similar in a hack of news.arc. I submitted this just yesterday, but it fell of the new page pretty fast: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2359935 I don't have enough data yet to tell if it works well though.
I agree that /r/ doesn't quite do it. Some of the communities are just too small to pick up on some very good submissions.
Re: Poll: Would you like tags implemented on HN
#79The ability to "favorite" threads would be nice as well.