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I think the biggest value proposition of this is the ability to do sub-reddit like filtering on specific tags. As Hacker News grows I think dealing with the n

I think the biggest value proposition of this is the ability to do sub-reddit like filtering on specific tags. As Hacker News grows I think dealing with the number of new submissions would become a bottleneck. During high-traffic times, new submissions sometimes drop of the first 'new' page in around 10 minutes. Of course there is more traffic during these times to upvote good content, but I'm not sure that is better than letting a smaller number of people have a longer period of time to filter a smaller collection of content.

HiroshiSan 9y ago
Not too mention a lot of the content has strayed away from technology and has gone towards mental health, personal growth, news, politics, etc.
- rfrey 9y ago
  I don't remember a time when all those topics were not common.
  - HiroshiSan 9y ago
    Maybe now that I'm older I notice it more than I did when I first joined.
staz 9y ago
subreddit force are their communities Also in 10 minutes there is no time to read every articles (or any good long for that matter) so not sure what that leave on the front page
- j_s 9y ago
  If you or anyone else is interested in a 10 minute audio summary of Hacker News, let me know. https://goo.gl/forms/En1iuoUcf1qVfSHr2 https://goo.gl/forms/En1iuoUcf1qVfSHr2 I've also posted this sign-up as a discussion if you want to leave any comments for everyone to see: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14338456 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14338456 There are also options like HN top 10: http://www.daemonology.net/hn-daily/ http://www.daemonology.net/hn-daily/ Or the ultra-cynical weekly antidote to HN: http://n-gate.com/ http://n-gate.com/
douche 9y ago
Being able to filter out and automatically hide stories from the front page by tag would be lovely. There's just so much stuff I don't care about at all that gets pushed up the front page and takes up residence there, and I'm starting to wear out the "hide" link...

HiroshiSan 9y ago

Not too mention a lot of the content has strayed away from technology and has gone towards mental health, personal growth, news, politics, etc.

rfrey 9y ago
I don't remember a time when all those topics were not common.
- HiroshiSan 9y ago
  Maybe now that I'm older I notice it more than I did when I first joined.

staz 9y ago

subreddit force are their communities Also in 10 minutes there is no time to read every articles (or any good long for that matter) so not sure what that leave on the front page

j_s 9y ago
If you or anyone else is interested in a 10 minute audio summary of Hacker News, let me know. https://goo.gl/forms/En1iuoUcf1qVfSHr2 https://goo.gl/forms/En1iuoUcf1qVfSHr2 I've also posted this sign-up as a discussion if you want to leave any comments for everyone to see: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14338456 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14338456 There are also options like HN top 10: http://www.daemonology.net/hn-daily/ http://www.daemonology.net/hn-daily/ Or the ultra-cynical weekly antidote to HN: http://n-gate.com/ http://n-gate.com/

douche 9y ago

Being able to filter out and automatically hide stories from the front page by tag would be lovely. There's just so much stuff I don't care about at all that gets pushed up the front page and takes up residence there, and I'm starting to wear out the "hide" link...