Is there any way to get a "raw HN feed"? I imagine there are a number of interesting hacks which could be made given real-time access to a stream of submissions and votes.
sean
Maybe services like HN should be built up around an API where the default website is just one way to use the site.
Everybody that is capable of doing so can then roll their own.
Many sites don't like that approach because it limits their ability to serve up advertising; but for a site like HN, that would make a great deal of sense -- it has certainly worked for twitter.