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Let me get this straight. You want a large increase in server side complexity just to save you from re-visiting links that you have been to before but did not l

by bdfh42 18y ago

Let me get this straight. You want a large increase in server side complexity just to save you from re-visiting links that you have been to before but did not like. Most people would just use the colour change that most browsers provide for visited links.

jwilliams 18y ago
What it would do is increase the average number of items of interest that you see on the home page. In the current system if you're not interested in 15 of the articles - then you only see another sample of 15. I'd guess that most users would not use more to see other stories. This approach would let you see 30 of interest... This would lead to more upvoting on stories that don't make the top 30. I guess this would keep the front page "fresher" by allowing for a greater diversity in where upvotes go. To be honest, not sure what the effect would be overall - fresher doesn't necessarily imply a better SnR - but I don't think it's as simple as re-visiting links or the change in color for a:visited.
whalesalad 18y ago
I think that the if you look at the cost vs the benefit this certainly leans on the side of being worth it. I don't think that this is entirely too complex, after all, this is Hacker News. It's a feature that I am sure many would enjoy, and a true hacker would rise to the occasion and try to implement it for all to play around with. Sadly I am a designer who merely dabbles with code, let alone something as high-level as Arc or Lisp. Also, and I mentioned this in my initial post but it might not be entirely clear, sometimes the stories I don't want to see aren't stories I plan on visiting. One technique would be just opening and quickly closing those links I don't have any desire to look at. The final reason I think that this could be useful, is that I tend to work across multiple machines, one or two at work and a laptop (which I am writing this on now) at home. It would help to flip those stories I have seen at work so that when I am at home, I can check out the fresh stories and not have to sift through stories I have already seen or have no interest in.
- bdfh42 18y ago
  I take your points but (you knew there was a but ;) it all sounds just a little too passive. The new items are best found on the new page. The main page is a great way to catch up with the big items of the day - as filtered by those excellent folks - the HN site users. If your area of interest is (say) web design then you will probably find that the best posts on that subject never make it to the main page. You need to seek them out on the new page - and vote them up if they deserve greater attention.

by bdfh42 18y ago

jwilliams 18y ago

What it would do is increase the average number of items of interest that you see on the home page. In the current system if you're not interested in 15 of the articles - then you only see another sample of 15. I'd guess that most users would not use more to see other stories. This approach would let you see 30 of interest... This would lead to more upvoting on stories that don't make the top 30. I guess this would keep the front page "fresher" by allowing for a greater diversity in where upvotes go. To be honest, not sure what the effect would be overall - fresher doesn't necessarily imply a better SnR - but I don't think it's as simple as re-visiting links or the change in color for a:visited.

whalesalad 18y ago

I think that the if you look at the cost vs the benefit this certainly leans on the side of being worth it. I don't think that this is entirely too complex, after all, this is Hacker News. It's a feature that I am sure many would enjoy, and a true hacker would rise to the occasion and try to implement it for all to play around with. Sadly I am a designer who merely dabbles with code, let alone something as high-level as Arc or Lisp. Also, and I mentioned this in my initial post but it might not be entirely clear, sometimes the stories I don't want to see aren't stories I plan on visiting. One technique would be just opening and quickly closing those links I don't have any desire to look at. The final reason I think that this could be useful, is that I tend to work across multiple machines, one or two at work and a laptop (which I am writing this on now) at home. It would help to flip those stories I have seen at work so that when I am at home, I can check out the fresh stories and not have to sift through stories I have already seen or have no interest in.

bdfh42 18y ago
I take your points but (you knew there was a but ;) it all sounds just a little too passive. The new items are best found on the new page. The main page is a great way to catch up with the big items of the day - as filtered by those excellent folks - the HN site users. If your area of interest is (say) web design then you will probably find that the best posts on that subject never make it to the main page. You need to seek them out on the new page - and vote them up if they deserve greater attention.