Re:Tell HN: List of HN Subdivisions
by pvg on Thursday December 31, 2009 @09:55AM
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As to docs /lists tells you what some of these do.
/noobstories - submissions from new users
/noobcomments - comments from new users
If I remember right, new users are 'registered less than a year ago'
/classic is the complement of /noobstories, submissions by users with accounts older than a year
[edit: mbrubeck below says this is actually all submissions but the ranking only takes into account non-noob votes. reply to correct any other inaccuracies]
/active is recently active submissions
/best is recent submissions with the most points
/bestcomments is same as above but for comments
neither /newpoll nor /saved are subdivisions really, the former is an interface to post a poll, the latter only works when parametrized by a username and shows 'submissions upvoted'.
It really wouldn't hurt to have a help link in the top nav bar describing most of this stuff along with the formatting rules, the relevant etiquette links, etc. It would cut down on their frequent reposting and indignant reminders to startled users ('You're not supposed to do X! Have you not read [obscure link unreachable from anywhere obvious]!')
I've never been able to figure out the reason for not having this information easily available - in more cynical and less charitable moments, when yet another 'L2post, n00b' article graces the top slot, I imagine it's some sort of infantile secret treehouse thing under the guise of 'well, a real hacker would figure these out'.
/noobstories - submissions from new users
/noobcomments - comments from new users
If I remember right, new users are 'registered less than a year ago'
/classic is the complement of /noobstories, submissions by users with accounts older than a year [edit: mbrubeck below says this is actually all submissions but the ranking only takes into account non-noob votes. reply to correct any other inaccuracies]
/active is recently active submissions
/best is recent submissions with the most points
/bestcomments is same as above but for comments
neither /newpoll nor /saved are subdivisions really, the former is an interface to post a poll, the latter only works when parametrized by a username and shows 'submissions upvoted'.
It really wouldn't hurt to have a help link in the top nav bar describing most of this stuff along with the formatting rules, the relevant etiquette links, etc. It would cut down on their frequent reposting and indignant reminders to startled users ('You're not supposed to do X! Have you not read [obscure link unreachable from anywhere obvious]!')
I've never been able to figure out the reason for not having this information easily available - in more cynical and less charitable moments, when yet another 'L2post, n00b' article graces the top slot, I imagine it's some sort of infantile secret treehouse thing under the guise of 'well, a real hacker would figure these out'.