Visual representation of Hacker News comments
Sometimes I want to make sure I read every comment in a Thread. Also comments that come in later. For example, when I posted my laptop comparison map I got a ton of great feedback: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8405065 and I wanted to make sure I don't miss any of these. For this purpose, I made this visual representation: http://social.gnod.com/hn:8405065 I think you can grok what it shows. It simply templates all comments in a recursive way. Read items turn blue. You can mark interesting items and they turn green. I find it interesting to look at…
Visual representation of Hacker News comments launched on December 8, 2014 with 11 votes and more than 75% of that year's launches.
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This tool provides a visual representation of Hacker News comment threads to help users track and read all comments, including those added later. Comments are displayed in a recursive template format, with read items turning blue and marked interesting items turning green. Each thread has a unique visual appearance that makes it easy to see the overall structure and engagement pattern at a glance.
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Sometimes I want to make sure I read every comment in a Thread. Also comments that come in later. For example, when I posted my laptop comparison map I got a ton of great feedback: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8405065 and I wanted to make sure I don't miss any of these. For this purpose, I made…
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