The best of $user on HN, with eBook export

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Post by redpill27 » Thu, Jun 16, 2011, 4:29 PM UTC

The best of $user on HN, with eBook export
bitovod.com

Re: The best of $user on HN, with eBook export

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Post by Shamiq » Thu, Jun 16, 2011, 5:40 PM UTC

This is a disconcerting self-community interaction analysis tool. I don't like my top comments at all.

Re: The best of $user on HN, with eBook export

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Post by jjcm » Thu, Jun 16, 2011, 5:41 PM UTC

Given that point values of comments are hidden now, how does this determine the comment score? Just curious.

Re: The best of $user on HN, with eBook export

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Post by encoderer » Thu, Jun 16, 2011, 5:42 PM UTC

I checked a few of my own comments -- there was for example one that I have score of 89 but this tool shows 21.

Is it something other than straight upvote count?

Re: The best of $user on HN, with eBook export

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Post by jjcm » Thu, Jun 16, 2011, 5:44 PM UTC

jjcm wrote: post #3

Given that point values of comments are hidden now, how does this determine the comment score? Just curious.

Reading deeper, I'm guessing that the HNSearch API that powers it still has deeper access to the point values of comments. Interesting.

Re: The best of $user on HN, with eBook export

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jun 16, 2011, 5:46 PM UTC

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Re: The best of $user on HN, with eBook export

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Post by redpill27 » Thu, Jun 16, 2011, 5:46 PM UTC

jjcm wrote: post #3

Given that point values of comments are hidden now, how does this determine the comment score? Just curious.

The point values are available through the search API (except the last five days).

Re: The best of $user on HN, with eBook export

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Post by evanrmurphy » Thu, Jun 16, 2011, 5:53 PM UTC

Nice job!

Feature request: Make the queries linkable. I think people would appreciate being able to have permalinks for themselves or HN leaders like tptacek, patio11 and jacquesm.

It would also be very interesting to see how the results for edw519 size up against his own curated comment list: http://edweissman.com/53640595

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Update: Thanks to bitovod for implementing the feature. There's now an ongoing list of the HN leaders at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2662721

Re: The best of $user on HN, with eBook export

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Post by edw519 » Thu, Jun 16, 2011, 5:53 PM UTC

This is excellent! I had envisioned doing something like this but never got around to it. Thank you!

A few ideas for enhancements:

- the ability to sort comments by a user defined formula using karma points, number of comments in thread, and date (Later comments get too many points because the site has grown so much.)

- a few formatting options

- a service than prints hard copies...

AFAIC, anyone who has submitted 100 good comments to Hacker News has effectively "written a book". You may not realize it, but you are an author and an authority on something. You should have hard copies of your pdf (in a pamphlet or handout of some sort) and you should carry a half dozen of them everywhere you go.

It may seem kind of silly, but if you've contributed value here, you should not be ashamed to share it with others, whether they be customers, prospective employers, or anyone you meet networking.

Your top 100 comments (The best of ) says volumes more about who you are than any resume or business card. You should be proud to share it.

Re: The best of $user on HN, with eBook export

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Post by Alex3917 » Thu, Jun 16, 2011, 6:07 PM UTC

A more accurate headline would be "Witty quips and pithy one-liners by $user, and ASCII art by edw519"