> am I supposed to get a blank screen when I "verify" my registration? No. That is the white screen of death meaning there was an error pulling your user acco

> am I supposed to get a blank screen when I "verify" my registration? No. That is the white screen of death meaning there was an error pulling your user account from HN. I went in and clicked it for you, and it worked. HN API issues are pretty rare. I was aware tangentially of HNNotify.com, and tried to buy the domain, but they wanted $1,000. I never used the service, because until about a year ago, I didn't really use HN all that often. > Are you offering any long-term guarantees of existence? My guarantee of HNNotify.xyz existing for no into infinity is that it costs my company < $20/mo to run, so it will take more time to shut it down than it costs to run. We get $450/mo of free azure hosting for the next two years, then after that the all in cost is $80/mo. > Can I sign up to watch other people's usernames? This is planned in the short-term. The user (if registered on HNNotify) will get notified they are being followed. > What happens if two people sign up each to watch username "X" - is that detected? You have to verify ownership of the account, so it isn't prevented. It is useful if you change emails, etc. > you might want to create a FAQ to cover them. That's a good idea. I'll try and type some of these things up.