The below updates are reflective up to April 30, 2023
Hey Hackers!
The last months have been filled with new features, from a new Subscription Feature and Tech Brief Podcasts to comments reactions, poll comments, and Startups Of The Year 2023 launch.
Continue reading and be amazed by all our new shiny improvements added to the platform since our last product update on
New For Writers
Subscription feature
Our
How It Works
It's easy; there are 2 places where readers can subscribe.
- Under your profile on the sidebar at the top of the story
- On your profile page
You can even do it if you’re logged out - with or without a HackerNoon account!
This feature also lets you export the email addresses of your subscribers at any time. All you need to do is go to your
Pro-tip: read our dedicated
Lots of AI images Improvement
One of our favorite features got special attention these past months with new improvements. Starting with the ability to add AI-generated images along your story instead of just a featured image: click the + button on Editor 3.0 and select "Image" to get the image selector board and all the image-uploading options, including Stable Diffusion. Here’s a quick demo:
Another great feature is our new AI image generator model, Kandinsky 2, which uses visual embeddings as an intermediate representation in the generation process to give you very bright and artistic creations.
Still, on the topic of Stable Diffusion, notice the negative prompt option in the image above?! That’s new! It allows you to tell AI what you don’t want to see in your generated image 😉
Twitter Embeds on Editor 3.0
If you’re a Twitter user, this new feature will be perfect for you! Twitter embeds are now available on our editor 3.0 - just add your thread URL, select Tweet or Tweet Thread, and watch it load on your draft.
When a Twitter thread does not exist on the HackerNoon system, a message will show on the screen asking permission to load it. After that, wait for the thread to be created and automatically loaded on the draft after a fresh reload.
New For Readers
Catch The Tech Brief Podcasts on Your Headphones
Don't have time to read all the
Our daily podcast will keep you up-to-date with the latest tech news and insights. Just search for "HackerNoon Tech Brief" on
Here’s a list of all HackerNoon Tech Brief Podcasts on Spotify for you to check: Tech Companies | Web3 | Tech Stories | Science | Futurism | Media | Life Hacking | Finance | Writing | Society | Business | Startups | Management | Programming | Machine Learning | Product Management | Remote Work | Gaming | Cybersecurity | Data Science
Handling HackerNoon Newsletters Was Never This Easy
Whether you’re on the lookout for fresh and exciting content or want to unsubscribe from newsletters 🙁 there’s only one place you’ll need to go:
Our user-friendly page gives you full control of what goes into your inbox, including our
New Emoji Indicators
Remember Emoji Credibility Indicators? Our expert context tool has been providing transparency for writers and readers for a while now by disclaiming a writer’s vested interest.
And now, it has been further improved with added emoji credibility indicators, such as On the ground, Comedy/Satire, Fiction, News, Guide, Review, Press Release, Vídeo, Podcast, AI-assisted, Product Launch, and Interview, among others.
Comments, Now More Democratized Than Ever
Comments are one of our favorite ways of keeping in touch with you and seeing those user-on-user interactions always sweetens our day. This time, we took it further, allowing emoji reactions on comments and upvoting and downvoting!
Way to improve your comment experience, ahn?!
But that’s not all: now you can also add comments on any
Startups of The Year 2023
What's new this year?
🌎 There's a global map! To get to a city of your choice, simply click on one of the dozen HackerNoon clocks on the homepage. You can also search for any city via the search bar, or any of the 6 regions, including:
🗳️ Last year's winners can be found in the "Last Year Votes" section under each city,
📜 Each city comes with a rich tl;dr of the history of the city, as well as the startups scene of the city. You could also browse around the web links for startups news within each city. For example, see the history of Singaporean startups
Make sure to visit startups.hackernoon.com and support your favorite startups!
And if you have your own startup on the run for Startup of the Year, don’t forget to
Thank you for being a part of the HackerNoon community and for helping us celebrate the best of the best in the tech industry.