Hacker News Reader

For those wondering wtf (like I did for a couple of minutes after clicking through), from http://bitlynews.com/about.html:

It works by automatically discovering bit.ly links on Twitter in real-time, then posting stories with high click activity on bit.ly. Each story's score is periodically updated with recent stats from bit.ly, so the most clicked-on stories bubble to the top.

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Unless they are doing some clever filtering, this can be very easily abused.

It's already half garbage anyways. Recipes and fashion tips? Just what I always wanted!

Would be cool if things could be categorized somehow so I could only see the top stories being shared for things I actually care about. I realize this isn't really possible but one can dream.

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