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68 points by anonu 12y ago

S4M 12y ago
Also worth checking: https://news.ycombinator.com/bestcomments https://news.ycombinator.com/bestcomments I would be interested in its renewal frequency.
danso 12y ago
One of the interesting anomalies of this view is that things that received a lot of votes but were then flagged/downmodded into oblivion on the day of their popularity will still show up in this view...presumably because this view ranks solely based on raw upvotes.
kolbe 12y ago
This is cool. I've always felt that reddit and HN would offer a better experience if users could more easily customize the time frame on which they want the ranking algorithm to operate. Or even if the algorithm could adjust based on user interaction. On some days, I'm disappointed at seeing the same stale content, and on days where I haven't visited the site, I'm disappointed about what I've missed. edit: Better yet expose some thread and comment properties, and have it be an option to let each profile upload/apply its own ranking algo.
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viach 12y ago
I think it's probably just ruined several HN aggregating startups
rickyc091 12y ago
I'm actually a fan of http://www.hckrnews.com/ http://www.hckrnews.com/. That's what I use to catch up on things I've missed.
ryanwaggoner 12y ago
This has been around for forever but it looks like the time frame has shifted? I think it used to be more like the last 7-10 days but I may be mistaken.
- dang 12y ago
  It has worked the same way for years. Probably, knowing pg, since the beginning.
snksnk 12y ago
I did now know about this 'Best' feature. Personally I use http://www.daemonology.net/hn-daily/ http://www.daemonology.net/hn-daily/ and http://www.daemonology.net/hn-weekly-ask/ http://www.daemonology.net/hn-weekly-ask/ for a list of the highest-ranked articles.
pierrec 12y ago
That's been around for a while, but it's not a hidden feature anymore: there's a link in the HN footer called "lists" that takes you to a page with all such lists. https://news.ycombinator.com/lists https://news.ycombinator.com/lists
- Yhippa 12y ago
  Totally missed this so thanks for the heads-up. I particularly like the "active" list.
Jun8 12y ago
These submissions are just highest voted ones. Calling them best is a bit of misnomer, I think, something I find akin to having a site called "Best of the New Yorker". I would make fun of someone who would consistently have that dictate their input instead of using their own tastes and serendipity to access the stories they would find attractive. This is why I never have felt the need to use or would want to use the many tools listed under the other comments. The only purpose I think such aggregation creates is to understand the collective tastes of HN readers.
- dang 12y ago
  We'd like to make a way for users to pick their personal bests and, if they want, share them. I'd be fine with renaming /best to /highest, except that it has been /best for so long that perhaps it would confuse people.
  - tptacek 12y ago
    Just a "super vote up" that saved amazing comments to a list would be an awesome feature.
    - Jun8 12y ago
      + 1 for that. Currently I have to copy paste great comments into a file.
lukasm 12y ago
I use this https://hn.algolia.com/ https://hn.algolia.com/
mrfusion 12y ago
I'm curious, is there a way to see the top voted comments for a given article? A lot of times I'm just curious to see if there are any really good comments, and not read through 200.
shubhamjain 12y ago
I am not sure there can be any way to achieve this but I would love to see a curated list of all "wisdom" threads. Threads about procrastination, being social, workplace advice, entrepreneurship etc. I never stop finding gems people have written in past few years. Its just been about 2 years on HN and +ve things this amazing community has contributed in my life is simply overwhelming, mostly because of such threads.

68 points by anonu 12y ago

S4M 12y ago

Also worth checking: https://news.ycombinator.com/bestcomments https://news.ycombinator.com/bestcomments I would be interested in its renewal frequency.

danso 12y ago

One of the interesting anomalies of this view is that things that received a lot of votes but were then flagged/downmodded into oblivion on the day of their popularity will still show up in this view...presumably because this view ranks solely based on raw upvotes.

kolbe 12y ago

This is cool. I've always felt that reddit and HN would offer a better experience if users could more easily customize the time frame on which they want the ranking algorithm to operate. Or even if the algorithm could adjust based on user interaction. On some days, I'm disappointed at seeing the same stale content, and on days where I haven't visited the site, I'm disappointed about what I've missed. edit: Better yet expose some thread and comment properties, and have it be an option to let each profile upload/apply its own ranking algo.

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viach 12y ago

I think it's probably just ruined several HN aggregating startups

rickyc091 12y ago

I'm actually a fan of http://www.hckrnews.com/ http://www.hckrnews.com/. That's what I use to catch up on things I've missed.

ryanwaggoner 12y ago

This has been around for forever but it looks like the time frame has shifted? I think it used to be more like the last 7-10 days but I may be mistaken.

dang 12y ago
It has worked the same way for years. Probably, knowing pg, since the beginning.

snksnk 12y ago

I did now know about this 'Best' feature. Personally I use http://www.daemonology.net/hn-daily/ http://www.daemonology.net/hn-daily/ and http://www.daemonology.net/hn-weekly-ask/ http://www.daemonology.net/hn-weekly-ask/ for a list of the highest-ranked articles.

pierrec 12y ago

That's been around for a while, but it's not a hidden feature anymore: there's a link in the HN footer called "lists" that takes you to a page with all such lists. https://news.ycombinator.com/lists https://news.ycombinator.com/lists

Yhippa 12y ago
Totally missed this so thanks for the heads-up. I particularly like the "active" list.

Jun8 12y ago

These submissions are just highest voted ones. Calling them best is a bit of misnomer, I think, something I find akin to having a site called "Best of the New Yorker". I would make fun of someone who would consistently have that dictate their input instead of using their own tastes and serendipity to access the stories they would find attractive. This is why I never have felt the need to use or would want to use the many tools listed under the other comments. The only purpose I think such aggregation creates is to understand the collective tastes of HN readers.

dang 12y ago
We'd like to make a way for users to pick their personal bests and, if they want, share them. I'd be fine with renaming /best to /highest, except that it has been /best for so long that perhaps it would confuse people.
- tptacek 12y ago
  Just a "super vote up" that saved amazing comments to a list would be an awesome feature.
  - Jun8 12y ago
    + 1 for that. Currently I have to copy paste great comments into a file.

lukasm 12y ago

I use this https://hn.algolia.com/ https://hn.algolia.com/

mrfusion 12y ago

I'm curious, is there a way to see the top voted comments for a given article? A lot of times I'm just curious to see if there are any really good comments, and not read through 200.

shubhamjain 12y ago

I am not sure there can be any way to achieve this but I would love to see a curated list of all "wisdom" threads. Threads about procrastination, being social, workplace advice, entrepreneurship etc. I never stop finding gems people have written in past few years. Its just been about 2 years on HN and +ve things this amazing community has contributed in my life is simply overwhelming, mostly because of such threads.