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

#591

Post by larelli » Wed, Feb 16, 2011, 3:23 PM UTC

A login box on the frontpage. When submitting a login-protected request like an upvote, I get redirected. If there was a (potentially hidden) login box somewhere on the page (connected via AJAX), then I could just hit the SecureLogin extension's button on my firefox and be logged in.

(See: I typed this, clicked "add" and was redirected to the login page. :))

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

#592

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Feb 17, 2011, 5:19 PM UTC

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

#593

Post by frevd » Fri, Feb 18, 2011, 3:55 PM UTC

Concerning better objectivity in voting, I'd like to see two separate counters for up and down votes, rather than the aggregated sum which conceals the actual number of votes and is sort of nontransparent since not all members are allowed to down-vote.

I'm not asking for a personalized vote list though, everything should still be anonymous.

Further, what about an integrated keyword search and a simple duplicate check before a submission is posted? That would greatly improve things, at least those news-related.

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

#594

Post by davidhollander » Wed, Feb 23, 2011, 3:37 PM UTC

Proposed Feature

Limit the number of links submitted per account per day to 1.

Why

Prevents spammers and karmafarmers from submitting the entire TechCrunch\Wired back-catalog at a rate of 25+ a day.

Further Analysis

Increasing the scarcity of a resource (link submission ability) will increase the value of items it is traded for (links). HNers value independent news related to code or unique analysis. HN already gets the independent submissions people want. They just die an early death on the new page due to overcrowding by links from webzines\newspapers with a profit incentive for maximum linkbaitery. This feature reduces the rate of dropoff for independent news.

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

#595

Post by cliffano » Sun, Feb 27, 2011, 11:57 PM UTC

Please embed Hacker News RSS feed to the page HTML using link tag, this will make feed discovery easier using tools like Firefox.

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

#596

Post by mduerksen » Tue, Mar 01, 2011, 8:24 AM UTC

Downvoted comments are greyed out, but possibly contained links stay black. This gives them (unwanted) attention, so they should be greyed out, too.

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

#597

Post by whackedspinach » Fri, Mar 04, 2011, 7:10 AM UTC

A lot of the time I will go to hacker news and quickly scan article titles for something interesting. While I know the mods try to change titles to be more descriptive, some things are just ambiguous. Right now there is an article called "A Rare Disagreement" on the front page. Now that could be about anything, and I don't know if I really want to spend my time on it. Can we add a little box on the submit form for an excerpt/summary that would appear on hover? Or maybe a little down arrow that you could click to expand the summary? Limit it to 150-300 characters and it could be a great improvement to the front page.

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

#598

Post by mcritz » Fri, Mar 04, 2011, 1:08 PM UTC

3. It’s tougher to monetize on Android

5. Android’s OS is tougher to build on.

8. Building a “smooth” app on Android is harder.

THESE are the reasons I should build on Android? Am I being Punked!?

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

#599

Post by mhb » Sat, Mar 05, 2011, 11:21 PM UTC

Profile karma average doesn't seem to work as I'd expect. Despite numerous recent posts and comments with points well above my previous average, the average has gone down.

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

#600

Post by kovar » Fri, Mar 11, 2011, 4:49 PM UTC

I'd like to see downvotes require a comment. Think of it as constructive criticism. I get that someone didn't like what I said, but not why they didn't like it, and thus it is hard to improve or change my style, content, tone, etc.