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Or, some enterprising Arc programmer could add inboxes to HN and submit the patch to pg. I'm quite fond of using that feature on reddit. Although it is used s
by bigmac 16y ago
Or, some enterprising Arc programmer could add inboxes to HN and submit the patch to pg. I'm quite fond of using that feature on reddit. Although it is used somewhat rarely, it comes in handy when I do need it.
- ig1 16y agoI believe pg has said in the past that not including mailbox features was a design choice rather than a "don't have time to do it" issue.
- gojomo 16y agoFor sites that don't want the overhead of full user-to-user messaging, I've wondered if it would make sense to have a single kind of private form message: "I'd like to talk, here's my contact info." It'd be a single tick to send to someone, and they'd decide what to do from there -- perhaps just clear the 'contact requested' flag with a single tick of their own.
- ig1 16y agoI've noticed formspring is being used for this purpose on some forums that don't offer direct messaging.
- garply 16y agoIf the community would collectively pay me for this feature and pg would agree to accept the patch, I'd do it.
- ggchappell 16y ago> Or, some enterprising Arc programmer could add inboxes to HN .... If this is done, then getting an inbox should be opt-in. Most of us already have enough things we have to check. We may not want another.
- wlievens 16y agoIt could just forward to your email.