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Off-topic: do you guys at matrix/riot have a bot that automatically creates a ticket when it finds keywords such as {IRC|messaging|chat} in any hn thread withou

by trqx 10y ago

Off-topic: do you guys at matrix/riot have a bot that automatically creates a ticket when it finds keywords such as {IRC|messaging|chat} in any hn thread without any mention of {riot.im|matrix.org} URL being also in the comments? Honest question. Isn't there a publicly hosted database of hn comments so someone could make stats on this topic? I'm sure you are close to 100% match.

grzm 10y ago
Isn't there a publicly hosted database of hn comments Yes. There's a few HN APIs/sources out there: * https://hn.algolia.com/api https://hn.algolia.com/api * https://github.com/HackerNews/API https://github.com/HackerNews/API * https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/public-data/hacker-news https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/public-data/hacker-news
Arathorn 10y ago
The only folks who work on matrix/riot who comment on HN are basically me (project lead) and sometimes jkire (synapse maintainer). And we don't plug the project, but respond to stuff like this & questions when they come up. Anyone else commenting about Matrix are doing so completely independently and without any input or knowledge from the actual dev team. For instance, I have absolutely no idea who sanqui is (although I share their concern that Riot Games moving into the messaging space is awkward). We are categorically not spamming or sockpuppeting HN: I'm afraid that folks who bring Matrix up must be doing so because they're interested or enthusiastic about the project and consider it relevant (which unfortunately it is on this thread, albeit for the wrong reasons :|)
- jameskegel 10y ago
  like Always_Good said before you, it's just an in-trend for readers to mistake headlines.
always_good 10y ago
For some reason, in the comments section of HN/Reddit, it's become vogue to chime in that you confused a headline for something else. Alternatively starting with "heh, I read that as ..." Yes. I, too, have heard of that other thing...

by trqx 10y ago

grzm 10y ago

Isn't there a publicly hosted database of hn comments Yes. There's a few HN APIs/sources out there: * https://hn.algolia.com/api https://hn.algolia.com/api * https://github.com/HackerNews/API https://github.com/HackerNews/API * https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/public-data/hacker-news https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/public-data/hacker-news

Arathorn 10y ago

The only folks who work on matrix/riot who comment on HN are basically me (project lead) and sometimes jkire (synapse maintainer). And we don't plug the project, but respond to stuff like this & questions when they come up. Anyone else commenting about Matrix are doing so completely independently and without any input or knowledge from the actual dev team. For instance, I have absolutely no idea who sanqui is (although I share their concern that Riot Games moving into the messaging space is awkward). We are categorically not spamming or sockpuppeting HN: I'm afraid that folks who bring Matrix up must be doing so because they're interested or enthusiastic about the project and consider it relevant (which unfortunately it is on this thread, albeit for the wrong reasons :|)

jameskegel 10y ago
like Always_Good said before you, it's just an in-trend for readers to mistake headlines.

always_good 10y ago

For some reason, in the comments section of HN/Reddit, it's become vogue to chime in that you confused a headline for something else. Alternatively starting with "heh, I read that as ..." Yes. I, too, have heard of that other thing...