A Frighteningly Good Update: New Start Writing Experience, Tech Job Board, and More CMS Features

26 Oct 2023

Hey, Hackers!

In the last couple of months, our devs have been, as ever, busy building new features that'll improve your experience with HackerNoon. Starting with story translation which has been extended to a total of 11 languages, editor changes that will improve your writing experience, mobile app updates, a new search feature, a job portal and much more!

This product update reflects changes to the platform from July 25th until October 26, 2023.

For Writers

Story Translation: Now Available in 11 languages

HackerNoon Top Stories and any brand articles are now automatically translated into 11 different languages (from the previous 8). The new languages include Russian, Korean, Turkish, German and Bengali.

Learn how to make your next story a top story here.

Sign Up For Our New Flow

Our sign-up flow has been simplified! Maintaining our policy, if humans around the web are interested in reading our stories, they can unconditionally do so. However, if they want to interact with HackerNoon stories - bookmark, comment, annotate, among other actions - or write a new one - they need to create an account.

If you’re new to HackerNoon and looking to sign up, the process will be much easier. While on HackerNoon's main page, pick which type of action you want to take - READ or WRITE , and follow these steps.

TO READ: Follow Our Reader Flow

When signing up to become a HackerNoon reader, you’ll have the possibility to:

Choose which Tech Categories you want to subscribe to and see some stories' examples dynamically change on the right to give you an idea of what you’ll get with each subscription.
Choose which newsletter you want to subscribe to, along with some of our users’ quotes which you can see on the right side of your screen.

After completing your signup, a handle will be autogenerated for you. But worry not, you can come back to the app.hackernoon.com/profile page to complete your onboarding at any time!

TO WRITE: Follow Our Writer Flow

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Complete your onboarding process by visiting your profile page for a more customized experience. Once you create your account, you can only change your handle once, so pick the right one!

Here’s how you can change your handle:

The New & Improved “Start Writing” Page

Say goodbye to Editor 2.0, and say hello to our improved Start Writing Page (and much more)! When you click “Write” on the top right corner, you’ll see 3 ways to start a new draft! You can either start from a blank page by using our beloved Editor 3.0, import a story from an existing URL, or utilize our many writing templates!

All about those templates

We’ve gone ahead and pinned our best 12 templates up top, from current writing contest templates, to this fun guide on tech news commentary, to this cover letter generator. You can utilize the search bar above to find any template, or filter the templates by “new” and “popular”. Editors consistently add new templates for your perusal, so we recommend taking advantage of that feature. But we know you love learning from the wisdom of the crowd, so the “Popular” filter is there too. You can see how many drafts are generated per each template next to the ❤️on top of each template So, if you’re out of ideas, feel free to pick a template out of our selection and type away.

Sshhhh: for your ears only, the ability to generate a template used by others will soon be available to all writers of HackerNoon. Stay tuned <3

Once on the draft page, you’ll also notice that draft notes have also been converted into 2 different contact editing options:

Direct Messages: this function allows you to initiate conversations with HackerNoon editors and get assistance more directly. Here you can bring draft-related questions, such as emails, stories, trending, etc.
Sticky Notes: these fun notes can be placed anywhere on a draft and used to help you organize your thoughts as you go through your story.

Free Commenting 4 All Writers!

If you’re a writer at HackerNoon, your perks just got bigger. Now, your comments are auto-approved, meaning, no more waiting in line for our editors' green light. Similarly, you can now approve and deny comments on your story pages so you don’t have to deal with haters.

Here’s what it looks like:

Comments on polls have also been added to the homepage! To see it, visit HackerNoon’s, scroll down to our poll of the week, and after submitting your vote, you’ll see a comment section appear immediately below the poll. There, you can add your thoughts about the poll or elaborate on your vote, like so:\

For Readers

Mobile App Updates

Our mobile app has been around for a little over a month now and kicking strong, thanks to you. Currently ranked in the top 100 apps on Apple and Google, and over thousands of downloads, it’s about time we update you on the newest implementations added to the mobile app.

If you’ve been a fan of our app playlist feature, you can now continue to browse while listening by swiping the playlist away from view. Similarly, if you have changed your tags of interest, you can now immediately see them on your screen simply by refreshing the page with an easy swipe down.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/klPj5gLFxkQ?embedable=true

On story cards, you’ll also be able to see the story TL;DR, all our 11 languages available to click and translate the story you’re reading just as you do on the web version.\

Also, don’t worry about missing out on any app updates: a pop-up notification shows up on your screen when it’s time to click that update button 😉

PS: Mobile App Review Contest Has Been Extended for Another Month! Learn more here!

All Your Voting History One Click Away

Remember all those polls you’ve participated in? All your votes are now recorded for posterity on a dedicated page: hackernoon.com/my-votes!

Rediscover your opinion on all the hot topics that once surfaced on HackerNoon and tell us whether or not you’ve changed your mind about them in the comments section! Also, why not add your commentary on the results of the most recent polls, especially if your opinion doesn’t align with the majority? You can find all the polls here.

There’s a Place With All the Answers and That’s HackerNoon Search Page

hackernoon.com/search is your new oasis for all HackerNoon information! Here's what you can expect:

Improved Search Bar: Start typing your heart’s desire and you’ll get results for every story, tag, person, company, and coin that matches your search. Plus, a list of stories that match your keyword. Not only does our feature look for exact keyword matches, but it also looks for text matches within stories. That way, you won’t have to worry about remembering the title of that article you loved so much. Here’s what it looks like:\

Trending Everywhere: find current trending stories, popular topics, and translations down to the number of stories read in each language, browse through condensed versions of our Trending Companies and Coins rankings, making the search page the perfect place to keep track of what’s buzzing on HackerNoon.

The HackerNoon Museum: AI Image Art Gallery

The HackerNoon AI Image Gallery is an intersection of AI and human creativity, showcasing AI-created images stimulated by human imagination.

In our gallery, you can view all the AI images created by our users, the prompts used, and even reuse these Stable Diffusion creations. But if you’ve been a user of our AI tools, you already know this. What you don’t know is that it will have a new look soon! Stay tuned for the launch!\

Hackernoon Pinterest x AI Gallery

HackerNoon AI Image Gallery is now on Pinterest! Find all our users' creations and save your favorite ones! If you want to be extra, create a board and share it with us! We’d love to see it!\

Find Your Next Job With HackerNoon

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Are you looking to find the next step in your career? There is only one place you need to go: jobs.hackernoon.com. HackerNoon’s new installment helps you browse through hundreds of job positions across the globe, be it software development and data science to cybersecurity and artificial intelligence, allowing you to search by:

Title and Area: filter your job search according to your expertise and preferred locality - you can also find thousands of remote work opportunities! 🎉
Your Favorite Companies: search by company and explore hundreds and thousands of job openings there.
The Hottest Tech Jobs in the Market: check out the Featured Jobs Section to find your best fit!

Here’s a quick tutorial on how you can find your next step in your career:

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From a company standpoint, this feature facilitates finding and hiring top tech talents by allowing you to list your company on the HackerNoon Jobs Board. To do so, click “Add Your Job” in the top nav and fill out all the information required - and you’re good to go!

To receive the hottest jobs in the market alongside HackerNoon's top stories daily at noon in your inbox, subscribe to the Noonifications Newsletters here!

Tech Categories 2.0

Remember HackerNoon Tech Categories’ Page? They have a new design:

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Find all categories in the page’s top nav, along with the chosen category name and description, as well as a related writing template. All top stories for each tech category are shown when you scroll down the page. You can also subscribe to your favorite categories and catch them on headphones.

Your Testimonials All Over HackerNoon

HackerNoon has a new page filled with users' testimonials about their experiences on our platform. You can read all of them at https://hackernoon.com/p/testimonials.

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To browse different group quotes, click the bar right above testimonials, and you’ll see writers’, readers’ and customers’ quotes, and can even go back to the main testimonials page.

Want to see your review up there with the rest of the Hackers? Submit your testimonial here.

Keeping Up With Startups of the Year 2023

This year’s Startups of the Year has broken a new record: the current number of votes is 325K and counting! With only three months left to the end of this iteration, the 2023 edition promises to be a big success and opportunity for startups worldwide. Have you cast your vote yet? Do it here!

https://hackernoon.com/startups?embedable=true

Here’s what people are saying about Startups of the Year 2023:

Emin Vali, Metafluence