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Well this is good but what I would really like (and was just thinking about since yesterday) would be the ability to follow a conversation. Some time on an arti

by rick_2047 16y ago

Well this is good but what I would really like (and was just thinking about since yesterday) would be the ability to follow a conversation. Some time on an article, the a particular thread starts to become much more interesting than the story itself. At those times (and it happens very often) I wish HN would allow me to "watch" that thread. Sure I can bookmark the link of the thread, but its just a pain to maintain that. And also I usually forget to open it again

vyrotek 16y ago
And on top of this, I would love the ability to know which comments were added since the last time I viewed the thread. Sometimes posts like 'Review my app' get a lot of feedback and spawn multiple discussions, but I can't easily tell which were new comments from the last time I looked. I can only see that the 'comment count' increased.
- johnwatson11218 16y ago
  Seems like I watched a demo of google wave online and it had stuff just like this. I thought that google wave would have been a perfect replacement for the threaded discussion model that we have here. These discussions seemed too short lived for my taste. I know that many people come up with insightful observations after they think about an issue for a day or two. By then the story is off the front page and what is the use in making the comment?
  - rick_2047 16y ago
    These discussions seemed too short lived for my taste. I know that many people come up with insightful observations after they think about an issue for a day or two. By then the story is off the front page and what is the use in making the comment? We really need to solve this. People have a tendency to comment only on things which are on front page. This is in part the fault of being karma centric and also the sheer volume of traffic.
    - whatusername 16y ago
      General web forum software (phpBB etc) all solve this - bumping the most recent commented piece to the top of the forum. Digg/Reddit/HN broke this mould,,
      - vyrotek 16y ago
        Exactly, there needs to be a separate feature/page where submissions are sorted by most recent comment date.
- wvl 16y ago
  I found that frustrating as well, so I wrote a browser extension (available in Safari and Chrome) that highlights new comments: http://hckrnews.com/about.html http://hckrnews.com/about.html
- ritonlajoie 16y ago
  Hi vyrotek, I just added this feature. Hope you'll like it!
ritonlajoie 16y ago
Hi rick_2047, the feature is implemented now. There are many approaches to do that, I hope the one I choose is good enough : receive the latest comments only (not the entire threads with the new comments highlighteds). Hope you'll like it, and thanks for the support.

vyrotek 16y ago

And on top of this, I would love the ability to know which comments were added since the last time I viewed the thread. Sometimes posts like 'Review my app' get a lot of feedback and spawn multiple discussions, but I can't easily tell which were new comments from the last time I looked. I can only see that the 'comment count' increased.

johnwatson11218 16y ago
Seems like I watched a demo of google wave online and it had stuff just like this. I thought that google wave would have been a perfect replacement for the threaded discussion model that we have here. These discussions seemed too short lived for my taste. I know that many people come up with insightful observations after they think about an issue for a day or two. By then the story is off the front page and what is the use in making the comment?
- rick_2047 16y ago
  These discussions seemed too short lived for my taste. I know that many people come up with insightful observations after they think about an issue for a day or two. By then the story is off the front page and what is the use in making the comment? We really need to solve this. People have a tendency to comment only on things which are on front page. This is in part the fault of being karma centric and also the sheer volume of traffic.
  - whatusername 16y ago
    General web forum software (phpBB etc) all solve this - bumping the most recent commented piece to the top of the forum. Digg/Reddit/HN broke this mould,,
    - vyrotek 16y ago
      Exactly, there needs to be a separate feature/page where submissions are sorted by most recent comment date.
wvl 16y ago
I found that frustrating as well, so I wrote a browser extension (available in Safari and Chrome) that highlights new comments: http://hckrnews.com/about.html http://hckrnews.com/about.html
ritonlajoie 16y ago
Hi vyrotek, I just added this feature. Hope you'll like it!

ritonlajoie 16y ago

Hi rick_2047, the feature is implemented now. There are many approaches to do that, I hope the one I choose is good enough : receive the latest comments only (not the entire threads with the new comments highlighteds). Hope you'll like it, and thanks for the support.