Please tell us what features you'd like in news.ycombinator • Hacker News Board

Re: Please tell us what features you'd like in news.ycombinator

#381

Post by nudded » Wed, Jul 29, 2009, 10:15 AM UTC

Add an option to not show job listings on the front page.

People who are not looking for a job are just not interested

Re: Please tell us what features you'd like in news.ycombinator

#382

Post by Zev » Thu, Aug 06, 2009, 2:00 AM UTC

Could the title of items in RSS get updated to have "[dead] title here" whenever a story is killed?

Re: Please tell us what features you'd like in news.ycombinator

#383

Post by kirubakaran » Thu, Aug 13, 2009, 9:43 PM UTC

Mention in the profile page that "email" field is not visible to the public and that the users have to type it in the "about" section if they want to publish it.

Re: Please tell us what features you'd like in news.ycombinator

#384

Post by brg » Mon, Aug 17, 2009, 10:08 PM UTC

Allow resubmissions after XXX period of time.

My recent submission was "Who Can Name the Bigger Number?" This is a great article for anyone who has studied computer science, mathematics, or enjoys scientific history. It was last submitted about 180 days ago.

This article, along with other greats such as "Cargo Cult Science" etc are of interest to the community. Limiting their presence on the front page or via the RSS to a single point in time seems extra-ordinarily constricting. I would suggest that after a period of say 1 year an article is available for resubmission.

Re: Please tell us what features you'd like in news.ycombinator

#385

Post by pjvandehaar » Tue, Aug 18, 2009, 11:27 PM UTC

Do a bit of a merger between paulgraham.com and HN by moving comments for those articles over to each essay's page and inter-linking.

Re: Please tell us what features you'd like in news.ycombinator

#386

Post by gruseom » Wed, Aug 19, 2009, 5:46 AM UTC

It would be neat if there were a way to view the oldest comments that have been upvoted recently. Sometimes I read old threads and upvote things I missed the first time around. It would be nice to have a way, other than randomness, to see the oldie-but-goodies other people have dug up.

Re: Please tell us what features you'd like in news.ycombinator

#387

Post by startupcomment » Fri, Aug 21, 2009, 2:52 PM UTC

Thank you for expanding the volume of posts displayed. Previously, you only displayed about 200, which meant that the user would probably miss some postings unless he or she consulted the site twice a day or so. By displaying many more "historic" posts, the user would have the assurance of not missing posts if he or she did not consult the site for a couple of days. Thanks again.

Re: Please tell us what features you'd like in news.ycombinator

#388

Post by startupcomment » Fri, Aug 21, 2009, 2:53 PM UTC

Thank you for expanding the volume of posts displayed. Previously, you only displayed about 200, which meant that the user would probably miss some postings unless he or she consulted the site twice a day or so. By displaying many more "historic" posts, the user would have the assurance of not missing posts if he or she did not consult the site for a couple of days. Thanks again.

Re: Please tell us what features you'd like in news.ycombinator

#389

Post by Nierengarten » Sat, Aug 22, 2009, 1:24 AM UTC

Quick Dapper Feed for the front page: http://www.dapper.net/services/HackerNews

Re: Please tell us what features you'd like in news.ycombinator

#390

Post by apotheon » Mon, Aug 24, 2009, 11:19 PM UTC

A quick search didn't find anyone else suggesting this, so:

I'd like a link on the page for a particular discussion thread that takes me immediately to the top of the entire discussion (the initial submission, in other words). That way, I don't have to click "parent" twelve times to get there.