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Re: My Hacker News firehose

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Post by davewiner »

lwhi wrote: post #42

What incentive does Hacker News have to allow access via an API? At the moment, introducing an API would cost YC money because it would take time to develop and it would potentially increase server costs. However, allowing others to do the job seems less troublesome. Creating artificial restrictions to _prevent_ other people from doing so, seems like effort. I would imagine that the owners of a site would only seek t…

How many Ycombinator startups build on the APIs of other sites? Wouldn't it be reasonable to expect them to reciprocate?

Re: My Hacker News firehose

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Post by allenbrunson »

nir wrote: post #43

I'm curious about Giles Bowkett's comment on that story - is he really blocked on HN? If so, why?

yep, he really is blocked. based on his comments, i'm guessing the reason is because he wasn't able to remain civil and respectful.

http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=gilesgoatboy

that's just the first one i found, i'm sure there are others.

Re: My Hacker News firehose

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Post by blasdel »

allenbrunson wrote: post #52
nir wrote: post #43

I'm curious about Giles Bowkett's comment on that story - is he really blocked on HN? If so, why?

yep, he really is blocked. based on his comments, i'm guessing the reason is because he wasn't able to remain civil and respectful. http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=gilesgoatboy that's just the first one i found, i'm sure there are others.

There were other accounts too that are still active but that he may be locked out of. That particular account got silently hellbanned for sarcasm: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=551664

Some historical threads: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=196390 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1015591

Re: My Hacker News firehose

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Post by lwhi »

davewiner wrote: post #51
lwhi wrote: post #42

What incentive does Hacker News have to allow access via an API? At the moment, introducing an API would cost YC money because it would take time to develop and it would potentially increase server costs. However, allowing others to do the job seems less troublesome. Creating artificial restrictions to _prevent_ other people from doing so, seems like effort. I would imagine that the owners of a site would only seek t…

How many Ycombinator startups build on the APIs of other sites? Wouldn't it be reasonable to expect them to reciprocate?

It would be nice to expect HN to reciprocate, but I don't think that it's likely.

API access always needs to be part of a strategy, because granting it will change the landscape within which your business operates.

Re: My Hacker News firehose

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Post by tptacek »

PakG1 wrote: post #49
tptacek wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm generally disinclined to replace HN's existing RSS with someone else's RSS feed that might at any moment stop working. HN RSS sucks, but I never have to think about it. As someone else pointed out, I also depend on SearchYC, which is an external application. The difference is the SearchYC is extraordinarily well known. HN can't cut off SearchYC without alienating a sizeable group of site veterans. That's more tha…

I think that's an unfair and inconsistent application of logic. I like reading HN and recently contributing tiny bits to HN because I think the community here is top-notch, friendly, and knows its stuff. HN never struck me as elitist; rather, it's more like a really friendly meritocracy. About the most elitist it gets is requiring a karma threshold to be able to downvote, but that's really just part of being a good m…

That would be elitist. If it was what I was saying.

Re: My Hacker News firehose

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Post by alttab »

alttab wrote: post #41

What all of these posts fail to consider is that philosophically pg may want you writing code instead of consuming his community 101 different ways. Just my 02. I visit hn daily, but I'm busy enough on my own work that the website suits my consumption needs. Anyone else like me out there?

I almost expected to get down-voted. What I was trying to convey is managing your time wisely.

Re: My Hacker News firehose

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Post by nir »

allenbrunson wrote: post #52
nir wrote: post #43

I'm curious about Giles Bowkett's comment on that story - is he really blocked on HN? If so, why?

yep, he really is blocked. based on his comments, i'm guessing the reason is because he wasn't able to remain civil and respectful. http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=gilesgoatboy that's just the first one i found, i'm sure there are others.

Having read the comments there, I don't see why they had him banned. Perhaps a few were offensive, but nothing the community can't handle. I prefer reading someone like this to safe comments that just recycle bits of PG's essays. HN could use some irreverence.
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