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Hey everyone, this was a little weekend hack. I hope you find it useful! Let me know if you have any questions. Feel free to check out my follow page: https://

by film42 12y ago

Hey everyone, this was a little weekend hack. I hope you find it useful! Let me know if you have any questions. Feel free to check out my follow page: https://hn-follow.desh.es/?user=film42 https://hn-follow.desh.es/?user=film42 Another example, HN top 10: https://hn-follow.desh.es/?user=hn-top-10 https://hn-follow.desh.es/?user=hn-top-10

KhalilK 12y ago
Well, all it takes is to add &edit=true to anyone's follow page...
- seszett 12y ago
  Or just click the "Edit" button. I think it's intended (avoiding the need for some kind of auth).
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- film42 12y ago
  Yup. For now that's all it takes. I wasn't really concerned preventing other people from editing a profile up until now. I liked how HN Notify allows anyone to opt-in or opt-out, so I copied that style. I figured HN would prefer it that way.
  - KhalilK 12y ago
    It is indeed simple to setup in a pleasant way, but there are plenty of trolls out there. Kudos nonetheless!
    - film42 12y ago
      Thank you! Seems like enough people have expressed concern about the ability to edit any profile. I'll add something simple to lock a profile down soon.
3rd3 12y ago
You should verify users by giving them a code they have to put in a comment somewhere.
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- austenallred 12y ago
  Probably in their HN profile would make the most sense.
  - 3rd3 12y ago
    That’s a much better idea. It wouldn’t even require storing credentials since the profile page can be updated pretty quickly.
    - film42 12y ago
      Feel free to make a contribution! Source: https://github.com/film42/hn-follow https://github.com/film42/hn-follow
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findjashua 12y ago
Nice! I was working on something similar, except that it was a chrome extension that put a follow/unfollow button by the username, and required authentication via google credentials. But, since I didn't keep a limit on the number of people you could follow, as the number of people I was following increased, waiting for Firebase responses to return (for ordering comments by id) started taking too long and killed the user experience. I wish there was a way to do a bulk query (ala Elasticsearch), so I could get all comment ids in one request. The response time would still increase with increasing number of users, but it would be marginal compared to the current situation.

by film42 12y ago

KhalilK 12y ago

Well, all it takes is to add &edit=true to anyone's follow page...

seszett 12y ago
Or just click the "Edit" button. I think it's intended (avoiding the need for some kind of auth).
- deleted 12y ago
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film42 12y ago
Yup. For now that's all it takes. I wasn't really concerned preventing other people from editing a profile up until now. I liked how HN Notify allows anyone to opt-in or opt-out, so I copied that style. I figured HN would prefer it that way.
- KhalilK 12y ago
  It is indeed simple to setup in a pleasant way, but there are plenty of trolls out there. Kudos nonetheless!
  - film42 12y ago
    Thank you! Seems like enough people have expressed concern about the ability to edit any profile. I'll add something simple to lock a profile down soon.

3rd3 12y ago

You should verify users by giving them a code they have to put in a comment somewhere.

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austenallred 12y ago
Probably in their HN profile would make the most sense.
- 3rd3 12y ago
  That’s a much better idea. It wouldn’t even require storing credentials since the profile page can be updated pretty quickly.
  - film42 12y ago
    Feel free to make a contribution! Source: https://github.com/film42/hn-follow https://github.com/film42/hn-follow
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findjashua 12y ago

Nice! I was working on something similar, except that it was a chrome extension that put a follow/unfollow button by the username, and required authentication via google credentials. But, since I didn't keep a limit on the number of people you could follow, as the number of people I was following increased, waiting for Firebase responses to return (for ordering comments by id) started taking too long and killed the user experience. I wish there was a way to do a bulk query (ala Elasticsearch), so I could get all comment ids in one request. The response time would still increase with increasing number of users, but it would be marginal compared to the current situation.