HN Badges
Consumer and social
hacker news profile badges
SHOW HN2021
242points
154comments
#163of 2,533 in 2021
Top 7%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
13 positive, 37 neutral or asking, 8 mixed, 29 critical, out of 87 comments about the project. Thread score -0.11.
Execution: 0 for, 17 againstIdea: 7 for, 4 againstDesign: 3 for, 8 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Fun and cute gamified badges
From 3 comments
Great fun! The gamification and cutesy badges are basically the opposite of the HN aesthetic, which gives the whole project a fun sort of tongue-in-cheek feel. Because I don't…
rogual on HNI love it! (I'm also distraught about some of the numbers. I know I have a HN problem, but seeing it laid out like that...) I second the "hover text" issue other commenters…
TeMPOraL on HNI LOLed. Well done, if only because (dramatic pause)... ...the text wraps around nicely, unlike here :)
rcarmo on HN
Good badge ideas and effort
From 1 comment
That's pretty cute, and from looking at some of the badges I can see that a decent bit of work was put into coming up with some unique and meaningful badges. Nice work!
codetrotter on HN
Objections
Hover-only descriptions do not work on mobile
From 4 comments
Mobile descriptions don't work. Why not just put the description as subtext below each badge?
junon on HNJust FWIW you can’t hover over things on mobile, that’s a pretty bad way to reveal what the badges are for. It would be better to just show what the badge is for in smaller…
burlesona on HNVery cute project. On mobile I don’t see a way to get badge descriptions.
dgellow on HN"Hover over text for description ..." does not work on tablets. And the displayed badges are heavily distorted in the vertical direction. That's while reading this with the…
jcynix on HN
Gamification is out of place on HN
From 3 comments
This perfectly shows the problem of gamification imo.
cinntaile on HNThis is so much fun, I love it. I don't want it to be part of HN though, I like HNs minimalism as it is. Also, what the long term prospects of this project? If I bookmark it, and…
mattowen_uk on HNI was going to say this is totally pointless. And it is but it's also fun. But, does it mean that HN is now a proper social medium? Or can I still brag about how I don't use…
YeGoblynQueenne on HN
Badges wrongly awarded, such as F-word and Bitcoiner, due to false matches
From 3 comments
Possible bug report: The user RiderOfGiraffes is claimed to have used the F word. Searching through their comments I can find no such usage, but the replies to their comments are…
ColinWright on HNIt wrongly thinks that I have a Bitcoin address in my about page, and thus gives me a "Bitcoiner" badge, which… I really do not want, and almost take offense at. More seriously,…
p4bl0 on HNA few bug reports Karma length check seems to be wrong. 5 figure karma und 4 figure karma can be had at the same time s/marker researcher/market researcher/ At least I think that…
BlackLotus89 on HN
Mute badge is lost once a user posts 10 comments
From 1 comment
> badges.push(["mute", "Mute", "Less than 10 comments."]); If I understand this correctly, all new users will get this badge, and then lose it as soon as they post their 10th…
doodpants on HN
Requests
Show badge descriptions on mobile via tap or long press
From 3 comments
Interesting idea! May I suggest having a tooltip description pop up on long press for those of us browsing on mobile?
datameta on HNI love it! (I'm also distraught about some of the numbers. I know I have a HN problem, but seeing it laid out like that...) I second the "hover text" issue other commenters…
TeMPOraL on HNLooks interesting! Quick bit of feedback: "Hover over text for description..." doesn't seem possible to do on a mobile device?
vghaisas on HN
Publish a list of all badges
From 3 comments
Cool. Is there a list of all the badges somewhere?
babuskov on HNJust FWIW you can’t hover over things on mobile, that’s a pretty bad way to reveal what the badges are for. It would be better to just show what the badge is for in smaller…
burlesona on HNIt seems the names are case sensitive. While HN itself is case insensitive. Also: Is there any documentation about what different badges mean? Edit: As it turns out you need to…
Akronymus on HN
Add caching
From 1 comment
Very proud to have secured the Loading… badge! Looks like pg got that one too. Which makes me think this would benefit from a caching layer somewhere. I doubt I’m the first…
snowwrestler on HN
Split karma into submission and comment karma
From 1 comment
It seems the names are case sensitive. While HN itself is case insensitive. Also: Is there any documentation about what different badges mean? Edit: As it turns out you need to…
Akronymus on HN
Questions
What counts as the F word badge?
From 1 comment
What is classified as the "F Word!"? I have alledgedly used it twice giving me the badge, but glancing through my comments I cannot see any mention of what I perceive as the…
jbj on HN
Is the project open source and can it be reused in an HN client?
From 1 comment
On Desktop Safari Version 14.0.3 (16610.4.3.1.7), the badges are squished: https://i.imgur.com/WugZOTS.png Works fine in Chrome though. You can fix it by adding: ``` height:…
busymom0 on HN
Long-term prospects of the project
From 1 comment
This is so much fun, I love it. I don't want it to be part of HN though, I like HNs minimalism as it is. Also, what the long term prospects of this project? If I bookmark it, and…
mattowen_uk on HN