The Hacker News Button
Dev tools
embeddable widget
SHOW HN2013
52points
7comments
#482of 1,739 in 2013
Top 28%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
3 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score +0.25.
Idea: 2 for, 2 againstExecution: 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
Nice approach to scaling in the browser and useful idea
From 2 comments
I like the idea, nice work thanks for sharing! I haven't been able to test it yet but hope it works considering ncasenmare's comment.
jimwalsh on HNGood job, love the approach to scaling in the browser.
brandonb927 on HN
Extensible, an improvement over an existing HN button
From 1 comment
I've been using this HN button on my blog posts for a while.. https://github.com/igrigorik/hackernews-button This new one seems more extensible though. I may give it a try next…
jbaudanza on HN
Objections
Feels like another Facebook-style like button
From 1 comment
If the plague of Facebook Like buttons wasn't enough.
huhtenberg on HN
A plain Discuss on HN link would do the same job
From 1 comment
Sure, but how is this better than a simple "Discuss on HN" link?
huhtenberg on HN
Questions
Whether votes sent via the button count toward ranking
From 1 comment
If I recall, if you send someone directly to the discussion page, your vote will not count. It'll register on the counter, but it won't effect your ranking. (I think Reddit does…
ncasenmare on HN
Alternatives named
Existing hackernews-button by igrigorik
From 1 comment
I've been using this HN button on my blog posts for a while.. https://github.com/igrigorik/hackernews-button This new one seems more extensible though. I may give it a try next…
jbaudanza on HN
A simple Discuss on HN link
From 1 comment
Sure, but how is this better than a simple "Discuss on HN" link?
huhtenberg on HN