Profiling Hacker News users based on their comments
User profiling on Hacker News can be conducted by analyzing their last 1,000 comments using the Algolia Hacker News API, which allows retrieval of comments sorted by date and tagged with the author's username. A JSON feed provides access to an individual user's recent comments for analysis.
simonwillison.net
5 min
3/22/2026
Profiling Hacker News users based on their comments
User profiling on Hacker News can be conducted by analyzing their last 1,000 comments using the Algolia Hacker News API, which allows retrieval of comments sorted by date and tagged with the author's username. A JSON feed provides access to an individual user's recent comments for analysis.
simonwillison.net
5 min
3/22/2026
Profiling Hacker News users based on their comments
User profiling on Hacker News can be conducted by analyzing their last 1,000 comments using the Algolia Hacker News API, which allows retrieval of comments sorted by date and tagged with the author's username. A JSON feed provides access to an individual user's recent comments for analysis.
simonwillison.net
5 min
3/22/2026
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