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the only thing worth voting for would be a recommendation engine based on previous upvotes. i come on HN to explore articles, i'm not looking for specific keywo
by bellwether 13y ago
the only thing worth voting for would be a recommendation engine based on previous upvotes. i come on HN to explore articles, i'm not looking for specific keywords usually. but, my past voting history shows what type of articles i find interesting and getting notifications based on those would be nice. pricing would be a major factor as well, since HN works perfectly fine without a watcher.
- julien421 13y agoThis is a good idea of service, but it is not the goal of HNWatcher. The idea begin HNWatcher is to track keywords and users in order to: - never miss an important news about your topic/startup/product/friend/blog/... - upvote while the submission is not too old - etc... We also store the stories, so that you can find them whenever you need (hnsearch, running the search on hn, will give you only the last 1000 items). And we also track karmas of users. About pricing: unfortunatly, hosting + emails ( via mailgun ) are not free, so at one point we will probably have to charge for the service if we have lots of users.