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Comment by dschep | Hacker News Reader

Hah. Already did that in version v2.2 :)

Nice job with the icons, but I'm seconding replacing all those icons with a single keybase icon and an on-hover / on-click popup. It really does get busy; my username has 8 extra icons next to it.

I'd still love if those icons/links were actually hidden in a popup and not removed altogether - they serve a nice discovery purpose for peoples' Github / FB / Twitter accounts and personal websites (inb4 privacy - this is already public info for HN users if you put a keybase proof in your profile, just usually requires extra two clicks to get to).

EDIT: just installed on mobile. Works great, but the clutter introduced by the icons is extra pronounced on the phone.

Update to v2.3.1 and there's an option to show only the keybase badge :)

A popup will happen eventually, but that'll take a bit more development effort.

Awesome! And again, thanks for this project. It's great, and exposes a somewhat hidden aspect of this community - a slow Keybase infiltration :). I haven't seen any other project requiring you to put something in your HN profile that would get so much traction.

I'd recommend limiting it to two by default: the keybase icon, and the site icon.

The site icon is redundant though. Keybase wouldn't appear if they weren't verified on the site. If you meant "website icon" then that doesn't resolve the "mess" for people with multiple site proofs - I already have two and might be getting a third one soon. I know a few people who have four or five.

The as-a-dropdown-from-Keybase is probably the best solution.

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