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I'd also like to see a "hide" button on each story so I can filter out stories that just aren't interesting to me. I get that "Left-pad as a service" is intere
by chollida1 11y ago
I'd also like to see a "hide" button on each story so I can filter out stories that just aren't interesting to me.
I get that "Left-pad as a service" is interesting to many people here(182 comments at the moment), but I've never really done any web development at all in my life and I am never really going to be interested in any javascript or node.js link.
Similarly I'm guessing most people won't care about my favorite topics quantitative finance or algorithmic trading.
It might cut down on the weekly posts where someone complains that HN is going to shit because a story made the front page and they just can't believe someone would find it interesting.
- dsr_ 11y agoOh. Are you interested in security? Deployment? Or "idiotic practices that are apparently widespread but only coming to light in the wake of a disaster"? Because that's what that story is actually about.
- buckbova 11y agoAnd this is why HN became my goto after ditching my basket of reddits. I can find a takeaway from nearly every one of the links that make the front page.
- jonahx 11y agoWhile you're correct about npm story, I think the grandparent has a valid point. Not everyone is interested in every story, and the ability to hide would be a nice enhancement.
- Normal_gaussian 11y agoIronically the posts I am least interested in are the ycombinator posts. However I assume hacker news is rendered on the server incrementally (anyone have any links on this?) so hiding links will simply reduce the number you see.
- striking 11y agoThat would be contrary to Hacker News' existence with regards to Y Combinator. I like to know where the SV pulse is, and I'm almost certain that's why this site exists. It's for watching SV and commenting on it and interacting with it as well as posting cool links that anyone is interested in.