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I'm thinking about doing something like that - I'll implement it because it'd also be quite useful. Do you think it would be worthwhile to be able to save upvo

I'm thinking about doing something like that - I'll implement it because it'd also be quite useful. Do you think it would be worthwhile to be able to save upvoted / favorited comments also? I also have to think about what context (ie parent / child comments) it would be useful to gather.

amelius 6y ago
Actually, the thing I would be interested in most is a better way to search my comments, my upvoted comments, etc. HN has a search box, but afaik there's no way to filter by user, or to restrict the search to my upvoted comments, etc. Downloading would be a good second-best option, because at least it would allow me to "grep" through the archives.
- etherio 6y ago
  Hmm I see that could be interesting. The software this script is built around [0] comes with a developing [1] search functionality. The idea is that using these plugins and the main software one can group / save / search their digital identity - and that's exactly what saving comments would work towards. [0]: https://archivy.github.io https://archivy.github.io [1]: https://github.com/archivy/archivy/pulls/159 https://github.com/archivy/archivy/pulls/159
- smichel17 6y ago
  You can restrict "by:user".
zxcvbn4038 6y ago
I do not see any rate limiting, this could lock people out if they have more then a couple pages of posts.
- etherio 6y ago
  The API (https://hn.algolia.com/api https://hn.algolia.com/api) being used limits to 10000 requests per hour so I doubt there would be a problem.
dataflow 6y ago
Upvoted comments is the one thing I've always wanted (I don't care for the rest). I often upvote things that are useful to refer back to, and without this there's no easy way to find them again.
- colejohnson66 6y ago
  Why not favorite them?
  - mehrdadn 6y ago
    They're public? I don't necessarily feel a desire to make a public announcement about every comment I think might be interesting or worth referring back to.
  - akkartik 6y ago
    Are favorited comments really any more discoverable? (I use them a lot: https://news.ycombinator.com/favorites?id=akkartik&comments=t https://news.ycombinator.com/favorites?id=akkartik&comments=...)

amelius 6y ago

Actually, the thing I would be interested in most is a better way to search my comments, my upvoted comments, etc. HN has a search box, but afaik there's no way to filter by user, or to restrict the search to my upvoted comments, etc. Downloading would be a good second-best option, because at least it would allow me to "grep" through the archives.

etherio 6y ago
Hmm I see that could be interesting. The software this script is built around [0] comes with a developing [1] search functionality. The idea is that using these plugins and the main software one can group / save / search their digital identity - and that's exactly what saving comments would work towards. [0]: https://archivy.github.io https://archivy.github.io [1]: https://github.com/archivy/archivy/pulls/159 https://github.com/archivy/archivy/pulls/159
smichel17 6y ago
You can restrict "by:user".

zxcvbn4038 6y ago

I do not see any rate limiting, this could lock people out if they have more then a couple pages of posts.

etherio 6y ago
The API (https://hn.algolia.com/api https://hn.algolia.com/api) being used limits to 10000 requests per hour so I doubt there would be a problem.

dataflow 6y ago

Upvoted comments is the one thing I've always wanted (I don't care for the rest). I often upvote things that are useful to refer back to, and without this there's no easy way to find them again.

colejohnson66 6y ago
Why not favorite them?
- mehrdadn 6y ago
  They're public? I don't necessarily feel a desire to make a public announcement about every comment I think might be interesting or worth referring back to.
- akkartik 6y ago
  Are favorited comments really any more discoverable? (I use them a lot: https://news.ycombinator.com/favorites?id=akkartik&comments=t https://news.ycombinator.com/favorites?id=akkartik&comments=...)