I really think the author is onto something here. Recently I've been thinking about doing a couple blog posts that summarize the HN thread for a given article*

I really think the author is onto something here. Recently I've been thinking about doing a couple blog posts that summarize the HN thread for a given article* in perhaps ~1500 words. I think of it like the approach that r/tabled uses for AMAs on Reddit (example: [1]). Would others find this interesting, or would you rather just read the comments yourself? A second idea is — a daily / weekly update of comments from all of the people you're interested in "following" on HN. You can do this very manually right now. I think it could be an interesting proof of concept. *When I say one article, I really mean the aggregate of recent links around that topic as discussions are often merged or commenters bring information from other sources into the commentary for whichever link takes off on that topic. Often that is the most original source, but not always. [1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/tabled/comments/4lh4t1/table_iama_i_am_david_belk_im_a_doctor_who_has/ https://www.reddit.com/r/tabled/comments/4lh4t1/table_iama_i...