Emacs users are familiar with nnhackernews (https://github.com/dickmao/nnhackernews https://github.com/dickmao/nnhackernews) which picks up comments on stories

Emacs users are familiar with nnhackernews (https://github.com/dickmao/nnhackernews https://github.com/dickmao/nnhackernews) which picks up comments on stories you've read (and hides comments for stories you didn't).