For those who didn't know about the newsyc Twitter bots, they were created by Jeff Miller: http://jeffmiller.github.com/2010/07/23/a-cure-for-hacker-news-overlo

For those who didn't know about the newsyc Twitter bots, they were created by Jeff Miller: http://jeffmiller.github.com/2010/07/23/a-cure-for-hacker-news-overload http://jeffmiller.github.com/2010/07/23/a-cure-for-hacker-ne... I personally prefer his RSS feeds (http://feeds.feedburner.com/newsyc50 http://feeds.feedburner.com/newsyc50 in my case), which lets me follow HN inside Google Reader, keeping track of what I've read / liked. It's useful, because I don't miss interesting stories, and I don't feel like I have to constantly monitor the home page in search of interesting posts. Of course, it's also good to go vote up new stories sometimes. Especially if you want to be part of the emerging HN discussion (I often comment once everybody is gone :/ ).