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Popular images from Instagram everytime you open a new tab

18 points by designerboard 12y ago

steakejjs 12y ago
Cool idea but will this actually be good in practice. When I go on Instagram a huge number of the popular images are NSFW with partial nudity or other things I wouldn't like to see every time I open a new tab
- designerboard 12y ago
  Right, I will check if Instagram has some NSFW filter on its API. Thanks for the feedback!
alimoeeny 12y ago
Do I need another distraction from work?
- andrew_leung 12y ago
  do i need another distraction before Hacker News?!
joeblau 12y ago
This looks cool, but I don't see this overtaking Panda right now :).
- pavel_lishin 12y ago
  Panda?
  - deleted 12y ago
    [deleted]
  - captn3m0 12y ago
    He was probably referring to https://usepanda.com/ https://usepanda.com/
    - walterbell 12y ago
      Why do all those sites allow Panda to "frame" them?
      - captn3m0 12y ago
        Panda is a chrome extension, and is not using iframes or custom stylesheets. It probably uses official APIs wherever available.
V-2 12y ago
Hm, I don't use Instagram, but even on the screenshots, most of these "popular images" aren't something that I'd like to pop out at me. A guy with a puppy... a duckface selfie... cheesy motivational quote... a TMZ cover page (???)... a collage of basketball player snapshots (not even doing anything impressive)...
- pavel_lishin 12y ago
  You might be more interested in this: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/more-interestingness/ngddmdmkjnnefgggjnnnepijkcighifa https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/more-interestingne... Shows you images from Flickr deemed interesting.
  - nobrains 12y ago
    I use this: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/earth-view-from-google-ma/bhloflhklmhfpedakmangadcdofhnnoh https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/earth-view-from-go... (Google Earth images on new tab)
    - V-2 12y ago
      That's a cool one, definitely
plg 12y ago
I recently quit instagram, I was getting a TON of spam --- people I didn't know making comments on my photos, mentioning me as if they knew me, inviting me to events, to visit webpages, recommending products, etc etc. It was v. creepy
jamesfisher 12y ago
When I open a new tab, it's because I already have something in mind. I don't need to be distracted from that. I changed my "new tab" view to a blank page. Much better.
logicalman 12y ago
I would use it but then I couldn't make $0.10 donations to the impoverished every time I open a new tab: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tab-for-a-cause/gibkoahgjfhphbmeiphbcnhehbfdlcgo?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tab-for-a-cause/gi...
jenhsun 12y ago
I'm thinking if someone can program a chrome extension for websites/system/network monitoring dashboard by opening a new tab will be wonderful.

18 points by designerboard 12y ago

Cool idea but will this actually be good in practice. When I go on Instagram a huge number of the popular images are NSFW with partial nudity or other things I wouldn't like to see every time I open a new tab

designerboard 12y ago
Right, I will check if Instagram has some NSFW filter on its API. Thanks for the feedback!

alimoeeny 12y ago

Do I need another distraction from work?

andrew_leung 12y ago
do i need another distraction before Hacker News?!

joeblau 12y ago

This looks cool, but I don't see this overtaking Panda right now :).

pavel_lishin 12y ago
Panda?
- deleted 12y ago
  [deleted]
- captn3m0 12y ago
  He was probably referring to https://usepanda.com/ https://usepanda.com/
  - walterbell 12y ago
    Why do all those sites allow Panda to "frame" them?
    - captn3m0 12y ago
      Panda is a chrome extension, and is not using iframes or custom stylesheets. It probably uses official APIs wherever available.

V-2 12y ago

Hm, I don't use Instagram, but even on the screenshots, most of these "popular images" aren't something that I'd like to pop out at me. A guy with a puppy... a duckface selfie... cheesy motivational quote... a TMZ cover page (???)... a collage of basketball player snapshots (not even doing anything impressive)...

pavel_lishin 12y ago
You might be more interested in this: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/more-interestingness/ngddmdmkjnnefgggjnnnepijkcighifa https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/more-interestingne... Shows you images from Flickr deemed interesting.
- nobrains 12y ago
  I use this: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/earth-view-from-google-ma/bhloflhklmhfpedakmangadcdofhnnoh https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/earth-view-from-go... (Google Earth images on new tab)
  - V-2 12y ago
    That's a cool one, definitely

plg 12y ago

I recently quit instagram, I was getting a TON of spam --- people I didn't know making comments on my photos, mentioning me as if they knew me, inviting me to events, to visit webpages, recommending products, etc etc. It was v. creepy

jamesfisher 12y ago

When I open a new tab, it's because I already have something in mind. I don't need to be distracted from that. I changed my "new tab" view to a blank page. Much better.

logicalman 12y ago

I would use it but then I couldn't make $0.10 donations to the impoverished every time I open a new tab: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tab-for-a-cause/gibkoahgjfhphbmeiphbcnhehbfdlcgo?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tab-for-a-cause/gi...

jenhsun 12y ago

I'm thinking if someone can program a chrome extension for websites/system/network monitoring dashboard by opening a new tab will be wonderful.