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Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite HN post?

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Post by nkurz »

I'd like to ask a parallel meta-question: How can we make better use of HN's existing 'favorite' feature?

Currently, we have the option to click on 'favorite' to add submissions or comments to a publicly visible list. Occasionally (a couple times a month?) I do this for comments that I think are excellent: https://news.ycombinator.com/favorites?id=nkurz&comments=t

Some other users do the same, but I don't really know how many, because there isn't really an interface to explore this. It looks like about half the top of the "leaders" list make use of this feature, although in some cases these might just be accidental clicks.

Anyway, it would seem like there should be some great way to make use of this information, but I don't know what it would be. A simple list of recently favorited comments? Marking on the comments that have been favorited? Just more prominence to what a user's favorites are?

Probably there is some even better way: How can we make better use of HN's 'favorite' feature?

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite HN post?

#45

Post by po »

tptacek wrote: post #25
chatmasta wrote: post #18

"The 4-color map theory is bunk," [0] a comment in which a user boldly refutes modern mathematics and, when faced with contradictory evidence, continues to double down on his assertions. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16862553

Sometimes I feel like the colored version of that map should be the official logo of all Internet message boards.

…more like the un-colored one. :-D

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite HN post?

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Post by School-Cotton »

xiii1408 wrote: post #26
chatmasta wrote: post #18

"The 4-color map theory is bunk," [0] a comment in which a user boldly refutes modern mathematics and, when faced with contradictory evidence, continues to double down on his assertions. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16862553

Quality entertainment. Unfortunately, the original post is flagged.

You can change your user settings to see dead posts.

Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite HN post?

#48

Post by NikolaNovak »

nkurz wrote: post #41

I'd like to ask a parallel meta-question: How can we make better use of HN's existing 'favorite' feature? Currently, we have the option to click on 'favorite' to add submissions or comments to a publicly visible list. Occasionally (a couple times a month?) I do this for comments that I think are excellent: https://news.ycombinator.com/favorites?id=nkurz&comments=t Some other users do the same, but I don't really know…

Good point; personally, I'd like: 1. Ability to rename and/or annotate my favourite 2. Ability to put them in folders / hierarchical structure

(Mind you, easily fixed on personal level by simply bookmarking them in browser itself instead, but doesn't help HN)

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