Follow Hackers

Keep track of your favorite users on Hacker News

Follow Hackers - Track Your Favorite Users on Hacker News

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.

Extension stats

By: daniellnill

Users: 7

Rating: 5.00

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

Creation date: 2014-04-06

Permissions:

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

Size: 43.38K

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

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 134,607 ▼ 4,831

Other rankings

#7661 in Social Networking ▲ 203 #159 in hacker keyword 11 ▲ 4

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

i like it

by

UDAM YUOS, 2018-05-27

Very helpful. PG should add this feature to HN!

by

Francis, 2012-08-04

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Extension safety

Risk impact

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Risk impact analysis details

High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Follow Hackers. Use it at your own risk.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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