Show HN: I made a tool to track the upvote/ranking history of HN submissions
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Re: Show HN: I made a tool to track the upvote/ranking history of HN submissions
#2Does it track things that were on the front page but were flagged? I've been looking for that.
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Re: Show HN: I made a tool to track the upvote/ranking history of HN submissions
#4Demo: https://upvotetracker.com/post/hn/27092770 .
The link shows voting history of this submission. I guess it shouldn't be a surprise that it works on itself; still, I find it very cool that it does.
Re: Show HN: I made a tool to track the upvote/ranking history of HN submissions
#5This is a cool tool. Nice work. Fun to play with. Also, I think it could benefit yet another hacker trying to hack HackerNews.
Re: Show HN: I made a tool to track the upvote/ranking history of HN submissions
#6An earlier effort: http://hnrankings.info/
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#7Neat! I wonder how it works. Does it poll every submission every set amount of seconds to check key stats over time? Looks like a huge amount of traffic. Is there any more efficient way I'm not seeing?
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#8Does it track things that were on the front page but were flagged? I've been looking for that.
I sort of think there should be an 'important flagged discussions' link, ones with otherwise lots of engagement that got flagged by people who were opposed to the viewpoint of the post.
Re: Show HN: I made a tool to track the upvote/ranking history of HN submissions
#9Does it track things that were on the front page but were flagged? I've been looking for that.
I believe it will show it, but not the flagging specifically. You can see the position (best) drop off a cliff, even while upvotes and comments keep rising for a bit.
Maker, this is really really cool. Only quibble is make it easier to check out a post. Not sure how, but maybe:
- Bookmarklet
- Some sort of search, or bring up all posts by a user, or all posts currently on the front page.
A suggestion I have is to allow a comparison chart. So be able to add multiple submissions, and compare their trends.
All in all, great work!
Re: Show HN: I made a tool to track the upvote/ranking history of HN submissions
#10Does it track things that were on the front page but were flagged? I've been looking for that.
I sort of think there should be an 'important flagged discussions' link, ones with otherwise lots of engagement that got flagged by people who were opposed to the viewpoint of the post.
Flags are for "this shouldn't be here" not for "I disagree", AFAICT. It's bad enough that downvotes are used for disagreement.