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I personally find the comments far more interesting than the stories. Does anyone know some HN users with interesting favorited comments? If anyone thinks the

I personally find the comments far more interesting than the stories. Does anyone know some HN users with interesting favorited comments? If anyone thinks the list of posts here is very heavy on programming things, feel free to browse my favorited comments. I have quite the mix of all topics. The usual disclaimer applies - these are just my HN favorites, I do not endorse them. Many favorited comments are completely wrong, they are not medical, legal or financial advice, I am not licensed to sell insurance etc etc. https://news.ycombinator.com/favorites?id=owenversteeg&comments=t https://news.ycombinator.com/favorites?id=owenversteeg&comme...

PopeDotNinja 6y ago
Is it possible to favorite a comment on HN?
- nyanpasu64 6y ago
  Only once you click a comment's date to access the permalink.
- non-entity 6y ago
  Yes, click the timestamp on the comment and you'll see the full range of actions.
  - PopeDotNinja 6y ago
    Ah, nice. Thanks.
  - heimatau 6y ago
    I didn't know that. This was very helpful. Been here for a while too (a few years passive read prior to making an account).
  - reaperducer 6y ago
    Yes, click the timestamp on the comment and you'll see the full range of actions. Very interesting, after the very active recent discussion about discoverability in user interfaces. It's like HN hired someone from the iOS design team to come up with the notion of "timestamp" = "favorite."
    - sosborn 6y ago
      Another way to look at it is that "timestamp" = "permalink", which is a fairly common pattern (I'm not trying to imply that it is intuitive, just that it is common). Once you are at the permalink you have a range of options available to you.
      - razster 6y ago
        Same, as a permalink. I'll bookmark the permalink then run it through archive.org using a simple addons of mine, in case HN goes down I will have an archive backup.
    - scintill76 6y ago
      If it were iOS design, the favorite button would only appear when you rotated your device.
    - foxdev 6y ago
      Putting more stuff under the permalink page linked from a timestamp is a web tradition that's older than HN. I don't know if it's good, but I do notice when I can't click a timestamp. Even Twitter and Facebook abide it.
  - lostlogin 6y ago
    My god, after a decade. Thank you.
- cuspycode 6y ago
  Yes. I just discovered that I have done it by mistake, twice during the past six years. I'll blame glitches on the trackpad on my previous laptop. I wasn't even aware of the feature.
heymijo 6y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/favorites?id=heymijo&p=2&comments=t https://news.ycombinator.com/favorites?id=heymijo&p=2&commen... I favorite comments often. I like to scan back through. I generate a lot of ideas and make a lot of connections doing so. Same caveats apply to my favorites as yours.
- owenversteeg 6y ago
  You have a nice list, thank you! Hopefully other people post theirs as well, I'm very curious what people favorite.
- SilasX 6y ago
  Ditto! I use it for a) things that are worth researching later and b) unusually well-made points and explanations. https://news.ycombinator.com/favorites?id=SilasX&comments=t https://news.ycombinator.com/favorites?id=SilasX&comments=t
ghj 6y ago
Dan Luu has a nice curated list: https://danluu.com/hn-comments/ https://danluu.com/hn-comments/
kamilszybalski 6y ago
Completely agree, I almost always screen comments before I get to the article.

PopeDotNinja 6y ago

Is it possible to favorite a comment on HN?

nyanpasu64 6y ago
Only once you click a comment's date to access the permalink.
non-entity 6y ago
Yes, click the timestamp on the comment and you'll see the full range of actions.
- PopeDotNinja 6y ago
  Ah, nice. Thanks.
- heimatau 6y ago
  I didn't know that. This was very helpful. Been here for a while too (a few years passive read prior to making an account).
- reaperducer 6y ago
  Yes, click the timestamp on the comment and you'll see the full range of actions. Very interesting, after the very active recent discussion about discoverability in user interfaces. It's like HN hired someone from the iOS design team to come up with the notion of "timestamp" = "favorite."
  - sosborn 6y ago
    Another way to look at it is that "timestamp" = "permalink", which is a fairly common pattern (I'm not trying to imply that it is intuitive, just that it is common). Once you are at the permalink you have a range of options available to you.
    - razster 6y ago
      Same, as a permalink. I'll bookmark the permalink then run it through archive.org using a simple addons of mine, in case HN goes down I will have an archive backup.
  - scintill76 6y ago
    If it were iOS design, the favorite button would only appear when you rotated your device.
  - foxdev 6y ago
    Putting more stuff under the permalink page linked from a timestamp is a web tradition that's older than HN. I don't know if it's good, but I do notice when I can't click a timestamp. Even Twitter and Facebook abide it.
- lostlogin 6y ago
  My god, after a decade. Thank you.
cuspycode 6y ago
Yes. I just discovered that I have done it by mistake, twice during the past six years. I'll blame glitches on the trackpad on my previous laptop. I wasn't even aware of the feature.

heymijo 6y ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/favorites?id=heymijo&p=2&comments=t https://news.ycombinator.com/favorites?id=heymijo&p=2&commen... I favorite comments often. I like to scan back through. I generate a lot of ideas and make a lot of connections doing so. Same caveats apply to my favorites as yours.

owenversteeg 6y ago
You have a nice list, thank you! Hopefully other people post theirs as well, I'm very curious what people favorite.
SilasX 6y ago
Ditto! I use it for a) things that are worth researching later and b) unusually well-made points and explanations. https://news.ycombinator.com/favorites?id=SilasX&comments=t https://news.ycombinator.com/favorites?id=SilasX&comments=t

ghj 6y ago

Dan Luu has a nice curated list: https://danluu.com/hn-comments/ https://danluu.com/hn-comments/

kamilszybalski 6y ago

Completely agree, I almost always screen comments before I get to the article.