The first bot (that I know of) has entered the timeline. @hn1059 notes0 replies0 tags, 0 users following1 followerHacker News Top 10 Storiesenter to follow will post news from Hacker News that enter the top 10 of the front page. Follow to not miss the headlines!
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Following it! I assume you are using the api for this, right? Does it read a feed on HN exposing the top 10, convert it, and post here, or is it using some other method? Interested on hearing details!
It uses regular scraping. Nothing sophisticated, just makes sure it doesn't repost the same thing if it moves in and out of the top 10. Just a small Bun app. Might make it public.
Made it public: https://github.com/stagas/hn10
Good learning share, thank you!
Now also fetches and summarizes the content with #AI7 notes0 followersenter to follow.
Much more useful now. I was thinking, “a link won’t cut it”, and bam! summaries. Noice!
it is cool but i had to block it 😭 because its updates populate the feed so quickly
Yeah /latest is a firehose, eventually it'll be too populated and we'll visit more often the /for-you page - but that's what the block is for, it's cool that it's a solution for those who don't want to see something. Making it easier to block now.
i mean don't get me wrong i like it! maybe we can get an option to place it and possible forthcoming bots under their own tab or something, like /latest | /for-you | /hn10 etc
I'm thinking of solutions. Perhaps mark the account as a bot and then have option to hide bots from /latest but otherwise be able to visit their profiles or show up in hot if the content is interesting and generated a discussion.
Allowing the marking of an account as "bot" and adding an option to exclude it would be a nice addition.
or maybe just a 'custom' tab where people can relegate whatever stuff to its own feed?
i may be misusing the term 'feed', i guess what i mean is 'timeline'