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Please don't use hnreputation
A bunch of people have been emailing me asking to have their IP unblocked after using this script
http://github.com/brainkarma/hnreputation/tree/master
which apparently hits the server so hard that it gets their IP ignored.
- jnorthrop 17y agoFor those that don't know what this is... "This Greasemonkey script for news.ycombinator.com will display the reputation of a user in the comment header as well as in the links' title tooltip."
- henning 17y agoIt does one HTTP request for each comment in a thread, it looks like. Kind of irresponsible coding, I think.
- javanix 17y agoHeh, I think the person who wrote it needs to read more HN.
- algorias 17y agoKind of? sounds almost like a DOS attack to me...
- randallsquared 17y agoWell, that's why the IP is blocked -- it looks like a DoS attack to the server software as well. Are there different terms for intentional DoS attacks, as opposed to incidental ones like this? I have the impression that two separate terms might have made your meaning clearer. :)
- keyist 17y agoIrresponsible usage as well. Those who used the script should really have at least eyeballed the source first. [EDIT: This is HN. Surely I don't have to explain the pitfalls of downloading a Greasemonkey script and running it in your browser without checking what it does? It's even worse than uneducated users tricked into running malware since you're knowingly installing a script.]
- PieSquared 17y agoWhoa, what?!
- PieSquared 17y agoTrue, I guess, but it seems a bit extreme to say that anyone downloading a Greasemonkey script should be examining the javascript inside it to figure out what it does. That's all I meant by my 'Wait, what' comment. Should've elaborated, then.
- jwecker 17y agoLooking at the karma there, it seems your explanation is exactly adequate.
- yan 17y agoIf this functionality is desired enough for enough people to use this, why not publish a list of users, updated say, hourly so these scripts can cache the reputations? But then again, don't really see the point in using this. Also, if reputation's that important, you can just cache the 'leaders' list.
- icey 17y agoA) Reputation isn't a very good measure of anything as far as I'm concerned. B) It's trivial to click on someone's name and see what their reputation is if it's important to the person reading / replying.
- tokenadult 17y agoif reputation's that important, you can just cache the 'leaders' list Exactly. http://news.ycombinator.com/leaders http://news.ycombinator.com/leaders No need to spam up the site to get information that is found on a link already.
- brianto2010 17y agojacquesm did warn you guys: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=779181 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=779181
- deleted 17y ago[deleted]
- nir 17y agoThe whole idea of "Karma" is silly. It encourages conforming to majority views and rewards people who are talkative rather than insightful - often mutually exclusive groups, since insight is gained by thinking & doing rather than posting comments. I think HN would do well to drop karma scores altogether, making this script a non-issue to begin with.
- brk 17y agoWhile we're on the topic of suggestions that aren't likely to be implemented ;) I like to see the user name hidden on comments and submissions until after you vote and/or reply. Judge the content on the content alone, not on the author.
- comatose_kid 17y agoBut then people would upvote comments (or worse, decrease s/n by responding) just to find out who authored them.
- rincewind 17y agoI trust security advice from tptacek or cperciva more than from [name withheld until you vote]. Threads get really confusing when [name withheld until you vote] argues with himself all the time.
- adimit 17y agoHow about withholding the name still, but offering a way to 'opt-out' from voting. You don't see the name until you either vote up or opt out. After you've withheld your voice, you can't go vote again on that submission/comment.
- eru 17y ago> you either vote up or opt out How about voting down?
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- sh1mmer 17y agoI think you should read all comment without knowing the person's karama. You'll probably recognise some of our more illustrious users by username but really you should be evaluating each comment on it's merit, not the author's karma.