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Ask HN: How to filter out HN news by URL

1 points by foothebar 3y ago

Is there a way to automatically filter out some entries, based on their URL? e.g. to not see that silly wikipedia article entries, or to block paywalled sites like ft.com?

anigbrowl 3y ago
HN has a pretty straightforward API, so you could write a local (or web-based) client in any common language and add filters as you see fit. https://github.com/HackerNews/API https://github.com/HackerNews/API
jdelman 3y ago
Wikipedia entries are some of my favorite HN front page entries because it’s always a mystery to me as to which ones pop up and which don’t (I’ve submitted a few that didn’t make it). Try archive.is to bypass paywalled articles.
- pndy 3y ago
  Granted, sometimes you'll find an interesting article that even may send you on the hyperlinks journey across the wiki but there are accounts who just pump karma on Wikipedia. Once again, I believe that tags (like on two stop bits, https://twostopbits.com/news https://twostopbits.com/news) and blocklists features could help filter out constantly uploaded trash or even get rid of spammers
k310 3y ago
I second the idea of trying to bypass paywalls. Archive today ( https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/Archive.today https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/Archive.today ) notably archive.is and similar, work reliably. One can often bypass paywalls, nag walls, etc with Safari Reader, bypass paywalls clean extension for Firefox and Chrome (Opera uses the chrome engine) or disabling JavaScript for selected sites. I use Sheriff on iOS to do this. Other extensions will do this, I am sure. --- Twitter links are often posted here, and without an account there, you can only see tho OP. Discussion of workarounds here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39151768 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39151768 There is concern that nitter.net may flake.
CrypticShift 3y ago
There are some userscript filters you can customize : https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts?q=hacker+news+filter https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts?q=hacker+news+filter Not a filter, but this one "bypass" paywalled links https://github.com/MostlyEmre/hn-anti-paywall https://github.com/MostlyEmre/hn-anti-paywall

1 points by foothebar 3y ago

Is there a way to automatically filter out some entries, based on their URL? e.g. to not see that silly wikipedia article entries, or to block paywalled sites like ft.com?

anigbrowl 3y ago

HN has a pretty straightforward API, so you could write a local (or web-based) client in any common language and add filters as you see fit. https://github.com/HackerNews/API https://github.com/HackerNews/API

jdelman 3y ago

Wikipedia entries are some of my favorite HN front page entries because it’s always a mystery to me as to which ones pop up and which don’t (I’ve submitted a few that didn’t make it). Try archive.is to bypass paywalled articles.

pndy 3y ago
Granted, sometimes you'll find an interesting article that even may send you on the hyperlinks journey across the wiki but there are accounts who just pump karma on Wikipedia. Once again, I believe that tags (like on two stop bits, https://twostopbits.com/news https://twostopbits.com/news) and blocklists features could help filter out constantly uploaded trash or even get rid of spammers

k310 3y ago

I second the idea of trying to bypass paywalls. Archive today ( https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/Archive.today https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/Archive.today ) notably archive.is and similar, work reliably. One can often bypass paywalls, nag walls, etc with Safari Reader, bypass paywalls clean extension for Firefox and Chrome (Opera uses the chrome engine) or disabling JavaScript for selected sites. I use Sheriff on iOS to do this. Other extensions will do this, I am sure. --- Twitter links are often posted here, and without an account there, you can only see tho OP. Discussion of workarounds here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39151768 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39151768 There is concern that nitter.net may flake.

CrypticShift 3y ago

There are some userscript filters you can customize : https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts?q=hacker+news+filter https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts?q=hacker+news+filter Not a filter, but this one "bypass" paywalled links https://github.com/MostlyEmre/hn-anti-paywall https://github.com/MostlyEmre/hn-anti-paywall