You can click on your profile page and then the "comments" link to see if anything has changed. Currently that's what I do, but I'm thinking of automating it.

You can click on your profile page and then the "comments" link to see if anything has changed. Currently that's what I do, but I'm thinking of automating it. There used to be a service called "HNNotify" which gave you the option of being emailed whenever someone replied to you. It was brilliant. I think I remember seeing something from the mods, or paraphrasing the mods, that said something like: "We don't want people to get only involved in their own conversations, and we are concerned that a notification system will bias people towards not reading widely, and just reading things they've directly contributed to." My memory may be faulty, and that might be wrong, but I seem to recall something like it. Personally, I used HNNotify and lament its demise. I'm idly considering scripting a personal replacement- for me it wouldn't be worth the significant investment in time and effort to make something robust enough for general use. Perhaps someone might create a new version. Edit: I see the comment[0] from dangrossman[1] mentions a replacement for HNNotify - I might give that a try. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12309551 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12309551 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=dangrossman https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=dangrossman