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How HN took it
6 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score +0.27.
Design: 3 for, 0 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 0 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
Likes the categories and overall design
From 3 comments
I appreciate the categories, even if it wasn't personalized. One idea for future development might be to add a point score based on Naive Bayes (which has been discussed…
klapinat0r on HNI like it, but I wouldn't mind an option to customize the line spacing and font colors (alternating colors, maybe?) - it's pretty dense to skim through.
dmart on HNReally like this -- good job. Do you have "not" syntax? I would love to have a skim feed that removes certain news items that overload the front page.
davidjhall on HN
Objections
Dense layout, hard to skim; wants line spacing and colour options
From 1 comment
I like it, but I wouldn't mind an option to customize the line spacing and font colors (alternating colors, maybe?) - it's pretty dense to skim through.
dmart on HN
No login, so personalisation is lost on other devices
From 1 comment
No login? That means I have to personalize it everytime I use it on a different laptop? Btw, I wish there was a google chrome extension for this as well.
james-singh on HN
Requests
Personalised ranking with a relevance score based on past votes
From 2 comments
I appreciate the categories, even if it wasn't personalized. One idea for future development might be to add a point score based on Naive Bayes (which has been discussed…
klapinat0r on HNI agree that it's a difficult issue, as some might feel it's an intrusion of privacy if that data is used. Other might feel it's annoying to have to up/downvote stories both on…
klapinat0r on HN
Customisable line spacing and font colours
From 1 comment
I like it, but I wouldn't mind an option to customize the line spacing and font colors (alternating colors, maybe?) - it's pretty dense to skim through.
dmart on HN
Logins to save settings
From 2 comments
No login? That means I have to personalize it everytime I use it on a different laptop? Btw, I wish there was a google chrome extension for this as well.
james-singh on HNSorry about that! And thanks for your feedback! Good point. I will look into implementing logins.
raimonds on HN
Chrome extension version
From 1 comment
No login? That means I have to personalize it everytime I use it on a different laptop? Btw, I wish there was a google chrome extension for this as well.
james-singh on HN
Negative keyword filtering to remove front-page noise
From 1 comment
Really like this -- good job. Do you have "not" syntax? I would love to have a skim feed that removes certain news items that overload the front page.
davidjhall on HN
Questions
Whether the filter syntax supports excluding terms
From 1 comment
Really like this -- good job. Do you have "not" syntax? I would love to have a skim feed that removes certain news items that overload the front page.
davidjhall on HN
Alternatives named
Naive Bayes HN scoring by Joel Grus
From 1 comment
I appreciate the categories, even if it wasn't personalized. One idea for future development might be to add a point score based on Naive Bayes (which has been discussed…
klapinat0r on HN
StyleBot Chrome extension for restyling
From 1 comment
I used a chrome extension called StyleBot to do a little styling: http://cl.ly/image/3w1y3G0p083J
rumberg on HN
Instapaper with points-based auto-saving
From 1 comment
I played with machine learning and HN stories a while ago. All my classifiers only managed to predict stories I would click on with around 60% accuracy. When I tried to classify…
moconnor on HN