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You can favourite comments on HN and the lists are public so you can browse others favourites. This is a little known feature but I like it. For an example here
by weinzierl 8y ago
You can favourite comments on HN and the lists are public so you can browse others favourites. This is a little known feature but I like it. For an example here are my favourite comments:
https://news.ycombinator.com/favorites?id=weinzierl&comments=t https://news.ycombinator.com/favorites?id=weinzierl&comments...
I didn't put a lot of thought in it, I just favourite stuff I might want to reconsider later. One example I still like is:
>You can hide from your your boss, your wife, or even your mother, but you can’t hide from Facebook.
Browsing others pages can be quite insightful for what they find notable. Not everyone uses this feature, so not everyone has favourites and it takes a little digging to find good ones.
For example here are Thomas Ptaceks:
https://news.ycombinator.com/favorites?id=tptacek&comments=t https://news.ycombinator.com/favorites?id=tptacek&comments=t
- wodenokoto 8y agoJust to expand on favourites: Favouriting a comment is a public bookmark, without boost Liking / upvoting a comment is a private bookmark with boost.
- mrep 8y agoFavouriting a comment auto upvotes the comment so it does give it a boost.
- wodenokoto 8y agoHey, you are right! The arrow disappear when I favourite. I stand corrected.
- elamje 8y agoI cannot find the comment favorite button for the life of me. Is it unlocked at x karma, or am I missing something?
- Pepperdots 8y agoThis is amazing. I am always finding nuggets of wisdom and didn't know of a good way to store them. I made an account just for this.