Re:WhatsApp doesn't understand the web
by shadeless on Thursday January 22, 2015 @06:54AM
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Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8926644
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And it's not considered a duplicate submission because one has a trailing slash and the other doesn't.
Of course it is a duplicate. The software doesn't catch all of those; that's on purpose, to allow good stories multiple cracks at the bat (edit: i.e. multiple chances to get attention). We rely on users to search before posting and on moderators to bury the dupes that sneak through. User comments pointing out the duplication are helpful.
This isn't a perfect system but it's much better than being too strict about reposts. We're going to work on a more effective dupe detection system as soon as we can get to it.
Oh! I looked for it a bit but couldn't find it. My bad
Re:WhatsApp doesn't understand the web
by julianwachholz on Thursday January 22, 2015 @07:21AM
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Try searching for "WhatsApp".
TIL Hackernews has a searchbar
I'm still finding my way trough this UI (Why is there no 'inbox' with replies to your comments?!)
Or google-fu:
allintitle:whatsapp understand site:news.ycombinator.com
Re:WhatsApp doesn't understand the web
by SyneRyder on Thursday January 22, 2015 @08:50AM
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There is an "inbox" of sorts, but it took me years to find it - it's the Threads link in the top navigation bar.
Ah I see, thanks!
> TIL Hackernews has a searchbar
It does, it's at bottom of each page
Re:WhatsApp doesn't understand the web
by frankzinger on Thursday January 22, 2015 @09:23AM
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On reddit 'TIL' means 'today I learned'.
P.S. TIL some people automatically downvote any post containing the word 'reddit'.
And other places on the internet.
Re:WhatsApp doesn't understand the web
by frankzinger on Thursday January 22, 2015 @09:19PM
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My apologies; talk of 'TIL' and inboxes made me think of reddit.
Yeah, that's what I meant
Because it's not reddit (stop acting like it's reddit - the communities and conventions are quite different) and if you want to participate in a discussion, stay in the thread.
Did you come from /r/programming? There have been a few comment threads talking about hacker news recently.
You're making excuses for poor UX in a way that makes you sound elitist. Not alerting you that you have replies is ridiculous. "Stay in the thread"? No, thanks, I'm not going to keep checking my comments for replies. Thankfully there's hnnotify.
HN just has a poorly designed interface.
Re:WhatsApp doesn't understand the web
by juliangregorian on Thursday January 22, 2015 @10:06AM
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It really does, but the anti-Javascript crowd here is very vocal and would likely inspire some sort of Digg-like exodus if the UI were ever brought into the 21st century.