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Ask HN: How would you improve Hacker News?
I would just like to see comments by the OP marked as such. A fairly simple request. :)
- mtmail 3y agoWhen somebody (related to HN topics like the author of a programming language) dies HN shows a black bar at the top. That leads to questions, e.g. "Ask HN: Why is HN showing a black bar now?". Add explanation to the FAQ and even better add a mouse-over help or click-able help to explain what the bar means.
- fsflover 3y agoWhy is this important for you who is commenting? HN is about arguments, not personalities.
- g4zj 3y agoUsers often post links to personal projects, blog posts, etc., and then discuss them in the comments. I find it helpful to quickly distinguish the author's comments from the rest of the discussion.
- probably_wrong 3y agoI'd like to add an option to the search box for searching through my own comments. Useful for when I want to refer to a thread where I commented two years ago. I'm unclear on whether I'd like a tiny flag indicating that someone replied to something I wrote. I feel bad when someone raises a good, thoughtful question that I only see weeks later, but I also worry that it could encourage participation just for participation's sake.
- r721 3y ago>for searching through my own comments It's already possible with "author:" filter: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateEnd=1672444800&dateRange=custom&dateStart=1669852800&page=0&prefix=true&query=author%3Aprobably_wrong&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateEnd=1672444800&dateRange=custom&...
- pndy 3y agoI'd like to have a way to hide content coming from particular places or of particular themes. So: tags for submissions and blocking lists for domains, tags and users. Rest is pretty much fine as it is.
- g4zj 3y agoI would also like a quick way to see if any new activity has occurred in my posts' comments, or beneath my own comments, since my last visit. Is something like this already possible? I find it difficult or tedious to keep up-to-date with comment threads I'm interested or involved in.
- fsflover 3y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11080539 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11080539
- CrypticShift 3y agoWhat I would improve is the discoverability of improvements that already exist, if that makes sense : So many scripts, extensions, and UIs are out there. Maybe someday I will organize it together and feed it as RAG to a custom GPT. And speaking of GPT, I just used it to create (in less than 1 minute) a userscript that does your request.
- cc101 3y agoEnd down votes. They are unprofessional and their presence is an embarrassment to thoughtful adults.
- probably_wrong 3y agoBut what about the thoughtless children who may stumble upon the website? Not everyone in HN is a thoughtful adult. On a slightly more serious note, I think it's important to have a way of saying "this type of content does not belong in this community". Not to mark disagreement, mind you, but rather to tell someone that no, posting your OnlyFans in the comments is not what this community is about.
- fsflover 3y agoMore discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36673613 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36673613
- tshirttime 3y ago"Unprofessional?" If I booed you at a town hall, would you call me "unprofessional"? "Shut up, hater" would seem more apropos.
- cc101 3y agoYes