hcker.news
No written verdict yet. Here is what commenters said.
Why people recommend it
“https://hcker.news has multiple dark mode themes.”
“https://hcker.news/ > settings > quick filters > AI”
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“This is a solved problem.”
“I use the hcker.news site just because it's faster, more readable and configurable.”
“apparently you can just use this URL”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
From the makers not counted in the ranking
“You may also like Small Web HN: https://hcker.news/?view=frontpage&smallweb=include”
“this is the closest that the site can do to /newest right now”
“I'll see your simonw tool and raise you one that actually works”
“I built this (both chronological view and new comment filtering) into the comments presentation on https://hcker.news”
“I made a filter that shows github repos posted to hacker news that do not have evidence of AI authorship”
“which has an absurd number of features that improve your QoL when reading hn”
Threads where it came up
- Ask HN: Can we please limit the AI news flood? 2 mentions
- Ask HN: Move AI news from Hacker News to somewhere else? 2 mentions
- Ask HN: How do you keep up with HN these days? 2 mentions
- Ask HN: Another "Hacker News" with less AI and more human-focused hacking? 2 mentions
- Hacker News, Sans AI 2 mentions
- Ask HN: How can I browse HN in dark mode? 1 mention
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All comments 19
“https://hcker.news has multiple dark mode themes.”
“https://hcker.news/ > settings > quick filters > AI”
“This is a solved problem.”
“I use the hcker.news site just because it's faster, more readable and configurable.”
“apparently you can just use this URL”
“https://hcker.news/ has an "AI" filter... and RSS feeds too.”
“If you want a version of Hacker News without AI, I suggest the following website with the AI filter.”
“https://hcker.news/?ai=exclude”
“i personally like using http://hcker.news as a reader, its much nicer”
“https://hcker.news/?ai=exclude”
“https://hcker.news has an optional AI filter. I don't know how accurate it is.”
“Filters are updated daily to catch exceptions.”
“Thanks, love it!”
“my current favorite alternative HN frontend https://hcker.news”
“It doesn't have to be that way. Filter it out! https://hcker.news/?ai=exclude”
“This should do the trick for you”
“Using HN as a filter for Kagi's small web list works really well”
“There are other UIs”
“It works really well”