Show HN: Curious HN – Hacker News without the snark
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Sometimes I get tired of seeing sarcastic, uncurious, low effort, snark on HN. But sometimes those comments do have some insight. I made this site which rewrites and filters with Claude to amplify the curiosity and attenuate the snark.
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- Nov 4, 2026
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Show HN: Curious HN – Hacker News without the snark was first seen on Hacker News · Show HN on Nov 5, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 2 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #5 of 30, reached on Nov 5, 16:50 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 5, 17:20 UTC.
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I did something related recently to read all HN comments by category (assigned by Jev) instead of linearly https://github.com/ritza-co/hn-jev-sorter So all the snarky ones are together. I like reading them, but sometimes I want to see just a particular kind of comment (or just see the overall summary of how many…
Very interesting and full of bigger questions! Are rewritten comments (that potentially no one actually said) better? At which point are you just reading what you want to hear instead of actually hearing what people are saying?
Nice one. I think apart from rewriting, simply removing comments that are snarky AND low-"depth" and surface level snark will be useful, maybe as a toggle. Since you are already computing this.
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Is Show HN: Curious HN – Hacker News without the snark trending on Show HN right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 5, 17:20 UTC, after 1 day of trending.
What is the highest rank Show HN: Curious HN – Hacker News without the snark reached?
#5 on Hacker News · Show HN, on Nov 5, 16:50 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 30 minutes.
How long has Show HN: Curious HN – Hacker News without the snark been trending?
It was first seen on Nov 5, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (2 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
7 points and 5 comments; submitted by cochne on Nov 4, 2026.