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Ask HN: Does anyone actually use /newcomments?
Just curious - I've been banging around HN for a while and have never really understood /newcomments. Was there orignally a driving idea around this? I've never really seen the concept of a contextless stream of comments before. I don't even dislike it - just a curiosity.
- niftich 10y agoI use it very often. To me, it's especially useful at lower-traffic times to gauge which threads are getting attention. At high-traffic times, it's utility is somewhat diminished by presenting an almost-entirely new set of comments every time you click it.
- DanBC 10y agoI mostly use /newcomments. You get to see which articles have interesting discussion.