I never got the original HN sorting algorithm. Looks quite arbitrary. So, any alternative is likely to be an improvement.
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Re: Show HN: Hacker News with categories and popularity
#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
Nope, I see NSA news every other day on HN and it is getting rather annoying
Supposedly there is a filter already on HN for NSA articles, each vote only counts as 1/3 of a vote if the title contains the string "nsa", severely penalizing those articles.
If that's true, I understand why I don't understand the HN sort order.
Re: Show HN: Hacker News with categories and popularity
#53It's a sad commentary on the current demographics here that there is no "entrepreneur" category at all. And that the next closest thing, "business" has only 3 articles, none of which are related to running a business. I'd noticed myself finding less and less to click on on the front page over the last year, but this has really driven home why.
Well, it seems you can't have so much success and preserve original community values. We've seen that over and over on various websites.
If you haven't seen it yet, try http://hackermonthly.com/. I'm not a subscriber, but the free issues I've seen had more business stories in them. You can download the current issue from http://hackermonthly.com/issue-45.html
Re: Show HN: Hacker News with categories and popularity
#54It's a sad commentary on the current demographics here that there is no "entrepreneur" category at all. And that the next closest thing, "business" has only 3 articles, none of which are related to running a business. I'd noticed myself finding less and less to click on on the front page over the last year, but this has really driven home why.
May I ask, how do you use HN these days?
Re: Show HN: Hacker News with categories and popularity
#55It's a sad commentary on the current demographics here that there is no "entrepreneur" category at all. And that the next closest thing, "business" has only 3 articles, none of which are related to running a business. I'd noticed myself finding less and less to click on on the front page over the last year, but this has really driven home why.
I'm not sure that the "business" category means what you or I expected it to mean. It's certainly nothing to do with being an entrepreneur - as I write this there are four articles:
DEA redacts tactic that's more secret than parallel construction
Jamaican Bobsledders Ride Dogecoin Into Olympics
Swiss police: Screen in Tesla cars is too large
Ask HN: What will you pay for?
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I guess maybe that last one could be somehow related but IDK. Seems that important things are missing from the categories (like entrepreneurship or running a business, which are not the same thing). In another comment on this thread, it was mentioned that these are auto-tagged - maybe they can train it a bit better. Those are, to me, off-topic for 2008 HN but right in the wheelhouse for 2014 HN.
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#56This is super useful! I have been forcing myself off HN lately. One thing that I miss the most due to this is the SHOW:HNs of really cool products and hacks that hit the front page. This gives me a great month-to-month access to those great stories at one place. Bookmarked!
I have been forcing myself off HN lately You might want to checkout my newsletter which includes the best "show hn" links each week - http://hackernewsletter.com . It also helps with the HN addiction.
I've been subscribed to it for some time and while it didn't cure my HN addiction, it lowered it a bit, and it also helps me find interesting articles I missed during "more work, less procrastination" periods. I just want to say, thank you for your work!
Re: Show HN: Hacker News with categories and popularity
#57It's a sad commentary on the current demographics here that there is no "entrepreneur" category at all. And that the next closest thing, "business" has only 3 articles, none of which are related to running a business. I'd noticed myself finding less and less to click on on the front page over the last year, but this has really driven home why.
I'm not sure that the "business" category means what you or I expected it to mean. It's certainly nothing to do with being an entrepreneur - as I write this there are four articles: DEA redacts tactic that's more secret than parallel construction Jamaican Bobsledders Ride Dogecoin Into Olympics Swiss police: Screen in Tesla cars is too large Ask HN: What will you pay for? ============ I guess maybe that last one coul…
> Those are, to me, off-topic for 2008 HN but right in the wheelhouse for 2014 HN.
The guidelines haven't actually changed any since then.
Re: Show HN: Hacker News with categories and popularity
#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm not sure that the "business" category means what you or I expected it to mean. It's certainly nothing to do with being an entrepreneur - as I write this there are four articles: DEA redacts tactic that's more secret than parallel construction Jamaican Bobsledders Ride Dogecoin Into Olympics Swiss police: Screen in Tesla cars is too large Ask HN: What will you pay for? ============ I guess maybe that last one coul…
> Those are, to me, off-topic for 2008 HN but right in the wheelhouse for 2014 HN. The guidelines haven't actually changed any since then.
haha yes, but would they have made the front page in 2008? I think you know the answer to that one!
Re: Show HN: Hacker News with categories and popularity
#59I like this alot. BUG: item.time_str isn't evaluating when I select a category.
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#60Tagging of links (mostly hn), without the NLP. http://gcdc2013-hackerio.appspot.com/
What's the difference from the online bookmarks such as del.icio.us?
1) Tech/HN centric links and tags/categories
2) Besides bookmarking and tagging, it also support list (a collaboratively editable list on topic such as SEO tips)