There are people who I find I trust to make smart submissions and smart comments. However, with the increasing popularity of HN it's all too easy to miss a submission or comment by them. Sometimes by fluke of timing or something an otherwise worthy submission gets missed, un-upvoted, and sinks without trace.
I'd welcome a system that finds items it thinks I'd find interesting and brings them to my attention. the occasional false positive will mean that I see things I otherwise might ignore, and I would get the chance to upvote things I think deserve it.
The fact that there are so many people doing or thinking about something similar shows that there is a need. Or at least a want.
'Finding' similar items would be a very cool feature to ad. We're thinking something using NLP to find posts similar to the posts by people you follow, whether it be from HN or any other sites with an RSS that you want to follow through it. OK if we ping you if/when we add this feature?
Absolutely - email in my profile, including the passphrase to bypass my spam filter. You probably don't want my ideas, but you're welcome to have them.
I'd welcome a system that finds items it thinks I'd find interesting and brings them to my attention. the occasional false positive will mean that I see things I otherwise might ignore, and I would get the chance to upvote things I think deserve it.
The fact that there are so many people doing or thinking about something similar shows that there is a need. Or at least a want.