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Is there any way to generate this algorithmically, or otherwise view the most upvoted comments on HN?
by miket 11y ago
Is there any way to generate this algorithmically, or otherwise view the most upvoted comments on HN?
- ColinWright 11y agoYou mean like this? https://news.ycombinator.com/bestcomments https://news.ycombinator.com/bestcomments Linked via "lists" from the bottom of almost every page: https://news.ycombinator.com/lists https://news.ycombinator.com/lists
- BinaryIdiot 11y agoNot entirely sure that would be useful. Without handpicked curation you will lack context in many instances.
- minimaxir 11y agoHere are the most upvoted comments for each month of HN (generated Oct 2014): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZwonVX_KlDYhuhPnAAnVpdVRgu4LxldP74-c_kvOd5k/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZwonVX_KlDYhuhPnAAnV... Note that finding comment scores is no longer possible for recent comments, as the API disabled returning comment scores for dates after that spreadsheet was generated.