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Built by HNer galuggus, who mentioned this deep in another thread. Give him some karma: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24095821 https://news.ycombinator

Built by HNer galuggus, who mentioned this deep in another thread. Give him some karma: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24095821 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24095821

galuggus 6y ago
Much appreciated. I'll be in this thread answering any questions. Bug reports and feedback very welcome. This app was made with help from Tanya of techtwox.com
- ehsankia 6y ago
  Is there any algorithms involved, or is it just ranked the same for everyone, and ordered by most ranks?
  - galuggus 6y ago
    At the moment it's just the same for everyone.
- deleted 6y ago
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- codetrotter 6y ago
  When you swipe to next video, you have to unmute each time. I know that mobile browsers only allow muted videos to auto play but was wondering if you’ve thought about finding a way to make it so that you only have to unmute the first video. I know that this is possible to do, because for example YouTube is able to do that in mobile browsers. I don’t know how they do it, but for example if you open this link in a mobile browser and unmute it and allow auto play to continue to next video after it then notice that the next video is unmuted as well. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0MW0mDZysxc https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0MW0mDZysxc I guess it might be that they reuse the same player element that was unmuted or something like that. I think it would be possible to achieve something similar even with multiple player elements by doing something clever.
  - galuggus 6y ago
    I removed this feature for compatibility reasons. I think there are ways to do it but I couldn't get it to work. I believe chrome makes exception to this rule for big trusted websites like YouTube
wyxuan 6y ago
FYI- To encourage more organic “karma” , votes that are cast from people who accessed direct links aren’t counted
- galuggus 6y ago
  I don't follow your meaning. Could you explain more?
  - echelon 6y ago
    Upvotes from direct links don't count. It's an anti-spam technique.
    - galuggus 6y ago
      You mean on product hunt?
      - hanniabu 6y ago
        I think it means when coming to this page directly vs getting to it by clicking the link on the HN homepage.
  - EE84M3i 6y ago
    It sounds like he's saying that depending on the Referer header for a loaded comments section, HN may or may not generate upvote buttons that are duds. Looks like there's an auth parameter in the upvote GET request, so sounds entirely plausible.
- searchableguy 6y ago
  HN always surprises me with little measures like this one.
  - ehsankia 6y ago
    Reddit has (and always had) this and many more. It's all part of their extensive anti-abuse system. For example if you go to someone's profile and downvote all their comments, that probably won't work. If you link your post on chat and tell them to go upvote you, won't work either. There's many more of these, and most of them look like they work but behind the scene reddit takes it all into consideration and knows people trying to game the system.
samblr 6y ago
This is pretty cool. Well done galuggus.

Built by HNer galuggus, who mentioned this deep in another thread. Give him some karma: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24095821 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24095821

galuggus 6y ago

Much appreciated. I'll be in this thread answering any questions. Bug reports and feedback very welcome. This app was made with help from Tanya of techtwox.com

ehsankia 6y ago
Is there any algorithms involved, or is it just ranked the same for everyone, and ordered by most ranks?
- galuggus 6y ago
  At the moment it's just the same for everyone.
deleted 6y ago
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codetrotter 6y ago
When you swipe to next video, you have to unmute each time. I know that mobile browsers only allow muted videos to auto play but was wondering if you’ve thought about finding a way to make it so that you only have to unmute the first video. I know that this is possible to do, because for example YouTube is able to do that in mobile browsers. I don’t know how they do it, but for example if you open this link in a mobile browser and unmute it and allow auto play to continue to next video after it then notice that the next video is unmuted as well. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0MW0mDZysxc https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0MW0mDZysxc I guess it might be that they reuse the same player element that was unmuted or something like that. I think it would be possible to achieve something similar even with multiple player elements by doing something clever.
- galuggus 6y ago
  I removed this feature for compatibility reasons. I think there are ways to do it but I couldn't get it to work. I believe chrome makes exception to this rule for big trusted websites like YouTube

wyxuan 6y ago

FYI- To encourage more organic “karma” , votes that are cast from people who accessed direct links aren’t counted

galuggus 6y ago
I don't follow your meaning. Could you explain more?
- echelon 6y ago
  Upvotes from direct links don't count. It's an anti-spam technique.
  - galuggus 6y ago
    You mean on product hunt?
    - hanniabu 6y ago
      I think it means when coming to this page directly vs getting to it by clicking the link on the HN homepage.
- EE84M3i 6y ago
  It sounds like he's saying that depending on the Referer header for a loaded comments section, HN may or may not generate upvote buttons that are duds. Looks like there's an auth parameter in the upvote GET request, so sounds entirely plausible.
searchableguy 6y ago
HN always surprises me with little measures like this one.
- ehsankia 6y ago
  Reddit has (and always had) this and many more. It's all part of their extensive anti-abuse system. For example if you go to someone's profile and downvote all their comments, that probably won't work. If you link your post on chat and tell them to go upvote you, won't work either. There's many more of these, and most of them look like they work but behind the scene reddit takes it all into consideration and knows people trying to game the system.

samblr 6y ago

This is pretty cool. Well done galuggus.