Ask HN: Can I write a recommendation engine for HN?
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HN is open-source. You could get the source and submit a patch.
Thanks for the info, is it written on PHP or PERL ??
It is written in Arc, PG's language in development. It is in the Lisp\Scheme tradition.
Good info. Did not know this. I'll take a look...
I like the thought of this, but you can't see who upvoted a particular article, so it'd be difficult to make any sort of recommendation.
might be able to make some sort of greasemonkey script to make that happen.
You won't be able to use Greasemonkey to surface information that is inaccessible, like who upvoted what, unless I'm missing something?
You could write a Greasemonkey script that would would track what users who have installed it have up-voted. Although that is not very elegant (users need to be convinced to trust it and install it) nor effective (your dataset will be self-selection-biased to that segment of the community), it would be a kind of an interesting solution to play with.
You could write a Greasemonkey script that would would track what users who have installed it have up-voted. Although that is not very elegant (users need to be convinced to trust it and install it) nor effective (your dataset will be self-selection-biased to that segment of the community), it would be a kind of an interesting solution to play with.
yes, that second paragraph is what i was referring to.
its not the best or ideal solution, but its a solution that would make the concept possible.
its not the best or ideal solution, but its a solution that would make the concept possible.
I think as the user base of HN continues to grow this can help keep things from approaching the LCD.