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One particular down-side I've noticed when browsing those sorts of threads: I often "view" them before people have stopped posting to it. As such, I have absol

by zo1 11y ago

One particular down-side I've noticed when browsing those sorts of threads: I often "view" them before people have stopped posting to it. As such, I have absolutely no idea which ones are new or which ones I've already read after I've refreshed the page to get new items. The only easy-to-implement solution I can think of is allowing us to sort the posts in chronological order as opposed to the hybrid point/time system that's currently in place.

prophetjohn 11y ago
Shameless plug for a Chrome extension that I wrote that helps with this a bit (if you use Chrome). https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacked-hacker-news/hlddllcemddpbekleofllndfidcgbgdp?hl=en-US https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacked-hacker-news...
jstx 11y ago
I, too, had issues with this, so I made this script to limit the thread to only the jobs posted in the last 24h. It should be simple enough to modify it to meet your needs. Not the most elegant solution, mind you, but it worked. https://gist.github.com/JasonGhent/8b04fffbacb006cb870b https://gist.github.com/JasonGhent/8b04fffbacb006cb870b
cgearhart 11y ago
I wrote a plugin that hides replies and allows you to permanently hide jobs. [1] I'd like to update it so that hidden posts carry over between months, and perhaps to re-sort the posts based on post date. I have since found that with over 800 posts each month positive sorting is not efficient enough. Around the same time I found a search plugin from another user, but I haven't used it. [2] [1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/modwh/hefjlchphbebgnpglhelfkhihfbbklkd https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/modwh/hefjlchphbeb... [2] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hn-whos-hiring-job-finder/jbmfinkemdkmjkiffngecpkbnhocgpla https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hn-whos-hiring-job...
- paulvs 11y ago
  The second plugin I wrote, please feel free to test it out/give feedback.
dang 11y ago
> I have absolutely no idea which ones are new or which ones I've already read after I've refreshed the page to get new items After thinking about this for a bit I believe it's best addressed by solving this problem for all threads, not just whoishiring threads. That is, make an easy way to optionally limit a thread to just the comments that are new to you. This is something we intend to do.
- alxndr 11y ago
  That's great to hear. The "hckr news" extension for Chrome marks new comments, but it means you need to be careful e.g. commenting midway through a thread.

by zo1 11y ago

prophetjohn 11y ago

Shameless plug for a Chrome extension that I wrote that helps with this a bit (if you use Chrome). https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacked-hacker-news/hlddllcemddpbekleofllndfidcgbgdp?hl=en-US https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacked-hacker-news...

jstx 11y ago

I, too, had issues with this, so I made this script to limit the thread to only the jobs posted in the last 24h. It should be simple enough to modify it to meet your needs. Not the most elegant solution, mind you, but it worked. https://gist.github.com/JasonGhent/8b04fffbacb006cb870b https://gist.github.com/JasonGhent/8b04fffbacb006cb870b

cgearhart 11y ago

I wrote a plugin that hides replies and allows you to permanently hide jobs. [1] I'd like to update it so that hidden posts carry over between months, and perhaps to re-sort the posts based on post date. I have since found that with over 800 posts each month positive sorting is not efficient enough. Around the same time I found a search plugin from another user, but I haven't used it. [2] [1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/modwh/hefjlchphbebgnpglhelfkhihfbbklkd https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/modwh/hefjlchphbeb... [2] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hn-whos-hiring-job-finder/jbmfinkemdkmjkiffngecpkbnhocgpla https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hn-whos-hiring-job...

paulvs 11y ago
The second plugin I wrote, please feel free to test it out/give feedback.

dang 11y ago

> I have absolutely no idea which ones are new or which ones I've already read after I've refreshed the page to get new items After thinking about this for a bit I believe it's best addressed by solving this problem for all threads, not just whoishiring threads. That is, make an easy way to optionally limit a thread to just the comments that are new to you. This is something we intend to do.

alxndr 11y ago
That's great to hear. The "hckr news" extension for Chrome marks new comments, but it means you need to be careful e.g. commenting midway through a thread.