Follow Hackers

Keep track of your favorite users on Hacker News

What is Follow Hackers?

Follow Hackers is a Chrome extension that allows you to easily keep track of your favorite users on Hacker News. Stay updated on the stories and comments they are involved in, and quickly jump to their comments. Follow Hackers is a handy tool for avid Hacker News users who want to stay connected with their favorite contributors.

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By: daniellnill

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Users: 11 ▲ 1

Rating: 5.00 (2)

Version: 1.0.3 (Last updated: 2014-04-07)

Creation date: 2014-04-06

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

https://news.ycombinator.com/*
http://follow-hackers.herokuapp.com/*

Size: 43.38K

Email: da*****@gmail.com

URLs: Website

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 110580 ▲ 3094

Other rankings

#7315 in Social Networking ▲ 102 #132 in hacker keyword 17 ▲ 6

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Summary

Analyze keywords

With Follow Hackers it's easy to see what stories your favorite hacker news users are discussing and what they are saying.

How it works:

Follow and unfollow users from their user pages.
See a list of users you are following from your user page.
If a user you follow comments on a story that story will be highlighted.
Comments in discussion threads by users you follow will be highlighted.
Quickly jump to comments by users you follow.

Notes:

Check out http://news.ycombinator.com/leaders for some recommended users to follow.
The Source: https://github.com/ImFatYoureFat/follow_hackers .
Having issues? Let me know at https://github.com/ImFatYoureFat/follow_hackers/issues

User reviews

Very helpful. PG should add this feature to HN!

Francis, 2012-08-04

i like it

Udam Yuos, 2018-05-27

Very helpful. PG should add this feature to HN!

Francis Brunelle, 2012-08-04

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Safety

Risk impact

Follow Hackers may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.