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I really wish there was a way to filter out discussions about AI on HN. It feels like lately they take up a good 1/3 of posts on the front page. I don't want to

I really wish there was a way to filter out discussions about AI on HN. It feels like lately they take up a good 1/3 of posts on the front page. I don't want to hear about some new AI startup.

kogasa240p 1mo ago
Having a set of tag presets would help somewhat for filtering.
- otherayden 1mo ago
  Yeah, I like the way lobste.rs does it with the vibecoding tag
- Night_Thastus 1mo ago
  HN has been strongly adverse to tags for quite some time - for legitimate reasons. I don't think we'll see it anytime soon.
  - krapp 1mo ago
    For reasons. The legitimacy of which are debatable. Lobste.rs seems to get along fine with them.
kakwa_ 1mo ago
Personally, I've forked the hnrss project to create two separate feeds (ironically, quickly implemented using AI). It just a basic filter based on keywords, but it helps.
- otherayden 1mo ago
  I made a similar site https://unslop.news/ https://unslop.news/ but rather than keywords it actually feeds the title and article to an AI which classifies it as "about AI" or not to filter out the AI discussion. Also it's open source: https://github.com/leiDnedyA/hn-without-ai https://github.com/leiDnedyA/hn-without-ai . Hope it helps!
  - jerhewet 1mo ago
    Thank you for this. Bookmarked.
orbital-decay 1mo ago
https://www.unslop.news/ https://www.unslop.news/ https://hcker.news/?ai=exclude https://hcker.news/?ai=exclude
- 747-8I 1mo ago
  Writing to remember this
  - xigoi 1mo ago
    If you click the timestamp on a comment, you can bookmark it.
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archagon 1mo ago
1/3? Try 2/3 or more. And the technical articles I used to enjoy reading are outright gone. This is an entirely different site from what it was just a few years ago, even if the orange tint remains the same.
- FLeXMurphy 1mo ago
  But you still have the downvotes and the flagging in case you fall out of line. Oh, and the "You're posting too fast, please slow down."
threethirtytwo 1mo ago
There is a really easy way to do this. Ask an AI to write a browser plugin to filter out the AI discussions. Ask AI to save you from AI.

I really wish there was a way to filter out discussions about AI on HN. It feels like lately they take up a good 1/3 of posts on the front page. I don't want to hear about some new AI startup.

kogasa240p 1mo ago

Having a set of tag presets would help somewhat for filtering.

otherayden 1mo ago
Yeah, I like the way lobste.rs does it with the vibecoding tag
Night_Thastus 1mo ago
HN has been strongly adverse to tags for quite some time - for legitimate reasons. I don't think we'll see it anytime soon.
- krapp 1mo ago
  For reasons. The legitimacy of which are debatable. Lobste.rs seems to get along fine with them.

kakwa_ 1mo ago

Personally, I've forked the hnrss project to create two separate feeds (ironically, quickly implemented using AI). It just a basic filter based on keywords, but it helps.

otherayden 1mo ago
I made a similar site https://unslop.news/ https://unslop.news/ but rather than keywords it actually feeds the title and article to an AI which classifies it as "about AI" or not to filter out the AI discussion. Also it's open source: https://github.com/leiDnedyA/hn-without-ai https://github.com/leiDnedyA/hn-without-ai . Hope it helps!
- jerhewet 1mo ago
  Thank you for this. Bookmarked.

orbital-decay 1mo ago

https://www.unslop.news/ https://www.unslop.news/ https://hcker.news/?ai=exclude https://hcker.news/?ai=exclude

747-8I 1mo ago
Writing to remember this
- xigoi 1mo ago
  If you click the timestamp on a comment, you can bookmark it.

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archagon 1mo ago

1/3? Try 2/3 or more. And the technical articles I used to enjoy reading are outright gone. This is an entirely different site from what it was just a few years ago, even if the orange tint remains the same.

FLeXMurphy 1mo ago
But you still have the downvotes and the flagging in case you fall out of line. Oh, and the "You're posting too fast, please slow down."

threethirtytwo 1mo ago

There is a really easy way to do this. Ask an AI to write a browser plugin to filter out the AI discussions. Ask AI to save you from AI.