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Post by easrng »

gkoberger wrote: post #32
easrng wrote: post #28

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I don't think it was owned by google when hn started using it for the API.

I think using Google or not is pretty irrelevant, but I looked because I was curious. This repo started in 2015, and Firebase was bought in 2014. I'm really surprised; I thought it was way more recent than that.

The oldest snapshot from the domain on the wayback machine is from 12 days before it was acquired, and the API might be older than that.

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Post by maxique »

avg_dev wrote: post #37

I wrote a fairly simple "Who is hiring?" browser (using this API) that fetched the post listings and stored them locally in an HTML file accessible by pointing your browser at file:///... . It supported filtering by "Remote", "Interns", and "Visa" with buttons, had an ad hoc Regex filter, and the ability to remove posts using a delete button and not see them again (or to restore all deleted posts) using the localStor…

I'd still like to see yours if you're up to sharing! :)

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Post by mdaniel »

O__________O wrote: post #18
metadat wrote: post #16

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I hear you, but what is the endgame with this? Does it lead to a better HN? Lobste.rs actually exposes even less and doesn't provide an API because the users haven't consented to such intrusions. Personally, I don't want to be able to review every vote for or against my HN account. It wouldn't be productive and would likely lead to me not wanting to be here at all. It'd be like having a super strong mirror and then l…

Again, just expressing my opinion, but another example would be it would allow custom ranking algorithms like PageRank, TrustRank, etc. And yes, aware of Lobste.rs mod logs, but Lobste.rs is basically dead compared to HN — largely because it’s an HN clone.

> Lobste.rs is basically dead compared to HN — largely because it’s an HN clone.

My outsider opinion is that lobsters is dead because the sign up process is designed to keep people out. I appreciate there's also the network effect of people coming here because people come here, but I for sure would visit lobsters too if I could participate without having to know a friend to get past the velvet rope

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