Hacker News, without AI
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How HN took it
10 positive, 19 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 16 critical, out of 47 comments about the project. Thread score -0.18.
Execution: 4 for, 9 againstIdea: 2 for, 4 againstDesign: 1 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Surfaces interesting articles that were missed
From 1 comment
This is much better than I anticipated. I don't mind AI that much, but this version of HN surfaces really interesting articles I've missed.
dr_kiszonka on HN
Useful filter preset and mobile client
From 2 comments
I quite like this, particularly that the filter is just a preset! Will be back. Minor UI feedback - when navigating comments (and maybe other stuff) with the keyboard, the actual…
mpalmer on HNWill do, thanks for hcker.news btw, has been my main mobile client for couple of months. Of all things i like the changelog most, its nice to have a quick view about new stuff,…
nilsherzig on HN
Objections
Filter misclassifies some non-AI stories and misses AI ones
From 3 comments
I like the idea, but have a couple problems: * It filters out things that are clearly not AI related (like the one titled ' Mind-altering drugs played key role in rise of Andean…
Night_Thastus on HNFirst post shown right now is https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49659245 which is essentially an ad for an AI company. So I guess this will need further fine tuning.
account42 on HNDoes it use AI to filter AI?
osquar on HN
Uses AI to filter AI
From 2 comments
Funny how it uses AI
bananaflag on HNDoes it use AI to filter AI?
osquar on HN
Page fails to load comments under strict tracking protection
From 2 comments
It looks nice but I can't load any comments, and I believe it's because I have Firefox's Enhanced Tracking Protection turned on to the strictest level.
ragall on HNFirefox 155.0.1 Linux/x86_64 with uBlock Origin enabled. https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js is blocked by uBlock, while…
ragall on HN
Requests
Firefox extension
From 1 comment
Hacker News, without AI needs to be a plugin for Firefox - I don´t really want to use two pages at the same time.
tcfhgj on HN
Push notifications for keyword matches
From 1 comment
Would if be possible to set up push notifications for new stories matching a filter - one that's separate to the main filter? Like say, I want to get notified every time an…
d3Xt3r on HN
Keyboard navigation fixes
From 1 comment
I quite like this, particularly that the filter is just a preset! Will be back. Minor UI feedback - when navigating comments (and maybe other stuff) with the keyboard, the actual…
mpalmer on HN
Questions
Does 'without AI' mean AI-related content or AI-generated content?
From 2 comments
I think you should make it clear, that when you say "without AI" you mean AI-related content, because some people in the comments seem to think that this is about AI-generated…
vova_hn2 on HNDepends on what you want "without AI" to mean... is it just stories about AI, or anything that an AI has touched at all? Or purely vibe-coded projects?
ranger_danger on HN
Alternatives named
unslop.news
From 1 comment
If you prefer something closer to the original layout: https://www.unslop.news/
layer8 on HN
hnslop.nilsherzig.com
From 1 comment
Here is an approach to filtering LLM written content: https://hnslop.nilsherzig.com/ Instead of filtering keywords this ranks the content using Pangram. But it's also pretty…
nilsherzig on HN
hckrnews.com
From 1 comment
still prefer the simplicity of a reverse river, with a focus on votes and comments https://hckrnews.com/ its incredibly easy to immediately tell when something was posted, and…
basch on HN