Chrome Extension to redirect reddit/hn pages to their 'new | newest' equivalents
rgardner_newalways
rgardner
Overview
Abstract
# NewAlways
Chrome Extension to redirect reddit/hn pages to their 'new | newest'
equivalents.
Originally, I was going to focus my senior thesis on analyzing online voting
and reputation systems such as Reddit and HN. As part of this, I wanted to
understand people's motivation for submitting and voting on new content. With a
site as big as Reddit, why risk looking at bad content when the front page has
all of the hits anyways.
This is an example of the [Paradox
of Voting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_voting), where the cost of
voting exceeds the expected benefits.
Ultimately, my thesis changed directions, but still this extension tries to
encourage users to participate more in these communities.
## Installation
1. Open Chrome
2. Go to 'Extensions' (chrome://extensions/)
3. Enable 'Developer mode'
4. Download this repository
5. Click 'Load unpacked extension'
6. Select src folder from this repository
## Future Work
- consider showing new pages only some of the time
- allow users to toggle *AlwaysNew* on/off
## Donations
In the spirit of the extension this was originally forked from, if you like
this extension please consider donating to [buildOn](http://www.buildon.org/),
an amazing non-profit that aims to "break the cycle of poverty, illiteracy and
low expectations through service and education." They have 4 stars on
[Charity Navigator](http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=8894).
Chrome Extension to redirect reddit/hn pages to their 'new | newest'
equivalents.
Originally, I was going to focus my senior thesis on analyzing online voting
and reputation systems such as Reddit and HN. As part of this, I wanted to
understand people's motivation for submitting and voting on new content. With a
site as big as Reddit, why risk looking at bad content when the front page has
all of the hits anyways.
This is an example of the [Paradox
of Voting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_voting), where the cost of
voting exceeds the expected benefits.
Ultimately, my thesis changed directions, but still this extension tries to
encourage users to participate more in these communities.
## Installation
1. Open Chrome
2. Go to 'Extensions' (chrome://extensions/)
3. Enable 'Developer mode'
4. Download this repository
5. Click 'Load unpacked extension'
6. Select src folder from this repository
## Future Work
- consider showing new pages only some of the time
- allow users to toggle *AlwaysNew* on/off
## Donations
In the spirit of the extension this was originally forked from, if you like
this extension please consider donating to [buildOn](http://www.buildon.org/),
an amazing non-profit that aims to "break the cycle of poverty, illiteracy and
low expectations through service and education." They have 4 stars on
[Charity Navigator](http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=8894).
Authoring entity
| Agency Name | Role |
|---|---|
| rgardner | owner |
Language
English
Methods, software and scripts
Software
| Name |
|---|
| JavaScript |
| Python |
| CSS |
| HTML |
License
| Name |
|---|
| GNU General Public License v2.0 |
Metadata production
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| GitHub Bot | bot |
Date of Production
01 December 2019