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Re:Sortable Hacker News by jacquesm on Monday July 27, 2009 @03:00AM (#725514)
So, the lack of configurability would then count as a shortcoming ?

Maybe services like HN should be built up around an API where the default website is just one way to use the site.

Everybody that is capable of doing so can then roll their own.

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Re:Sortable Hacker News by cperciva on Monday July 27, 2009 @03:42AM (#725560)
Maybe services like HN should be built up around an API where the default website is just one way to use the site.

Many sites don't like that approach because it limits their ability to serve up advertising; but for a site like HN, that would make a great deal of sense -- it has certainly worked for twitter.

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