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Makes me think so much more could be done with profile pages on HN.
by wensing 17y ago
Makes me think so much more could be done with profile pages on HN.
- adrianwaj 17y agoWith a verification string placed by users on their profile (as with Google Webmaster tools), a social network could be run interdependently. It would scrape.
- briggsrs 17y agoYea that is an excellent idea, thats what i was trying to get at on my first post.
- adrianwaj 17y agoA generic social network would work, where users can verify against one or many domains or sets of urls. To reach someone's page, you would type in: site.com/verificationstring edit: the string would have to go in the <head> otherwise it can be faked on ugc sites
- wensing 17y agoHackrTrackr http://hackrtrackr.com/ http://hackrtrackr.com/
- seiji 17y agoI think that has been abandoned.
- jasonlbaptiste 17y agoagreed. that or if pg opened up an api for authentication, really retrieving stories,etc. I'm pretty sure we would build some great apps.
- pg 17y agoWhat should I add? I'm open to suggestions.
- wensing 17y agoJust a few ideas: * A little structure could go a long way (for scraping). * A field for startup name * Picture * "Next >"? Sometimes I wish I could just page through profile pages by karma descending. Random might be fun too. * Last N tweets? (The Hacker News twitter list http://twitter.com/tlrobinson/hackernews http://twitter.com/tlrobinson/hackernews is fantastic, but I wish the linkage between twitter profiles and HN profiles were more transparent)
- replicatorblog 17y agoA resource like this Google Doc, but limited to people with a certain karma threshold. A way to connect potential founders that are geographically separate. I know that cofounders should know each other so not a start up dating site, but a place where people looking to throw their hat in the startup ring can make first connections with other like minded folks. Current solutions like meetups get overcrowded with the unskilled "idea guy" who needs someone to build his half baked social net. HN would be a great filter.
- netcan 17y agotags/area-of-interest of some sort. Eg: Fashion, e-commerce, education. You could find someone with experience or interest in education, read their comments and submissions and get a feel for how they think. Maybe an 'open for solicitation' checkbox. Basically that's all I can think of. Some way of finding people by criteria.
- po 17y agoPerhaps links to other profiles, people most commenting on/with, friends, etc.
- DenisM 17y ago* I need help with: "A,B,C" (text field) * I'm pretty good at and willing to help with: "X,Y,Z" (another text field) * I'm in Seattle, WA, USA I could certainly add this myself, but it wouldn't be possible to see all info on one page for many people - that kind of thing requires scrape-friendly format that enforces some kind of structure on the input text.
- troels 17y agoIf we could just agree on a format, the "about" field on profiles could be used to embed information.