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HN does not aim to be infinite scroll social media which addicts you and makes you keep checking and re-checking for more obsessively. It is purposefully barebo

HN does not aim to be infinite scroll social media which addicts you and makes you keep checking and re-checking for more obsessively. It is purposefully barebones so that you're not tempted to read every single comment and waste time.

junon 5y ago
> makes you keep checking and re-checking for more obsessively. Yet I do this more on HN than any other site since I don't know if someone's responded to me. Noprocrast was... helpful, I guess, but I found myself racing to make poor quality responses sometimes, or HN was constantly locked out whenever I wanted to take a short break, instead of being able to take the time to respond with a thoughtful answer.
- andrewzah 5y ago
  You can get notified of replies via email: https://www.hnreplies.com/ https://www.hnreplies.com/
- kjaftaedi 5y ago
  Responses aren't necessarily "to you" If you are going to post a comment that does nothing more than respond to the previous person, you are doing a disservice by forcing thousands of people to read text that is likely irrelevant or unhelpful to them. The fact that this site is designed to prevent this behavior is one of its stronger points IMHO
  - junon 5y ago
    You've completely missed the point of why I want response notifications.
    - kjaftaedi 5y ago
      I get where you're coming from, but unless you're the only expert in your field, I think it's better to have group discussions. Response notifications will primarily be used by people to dominate the chat, and your use case doesn't negate that.
      - junon 5y ago
        I think you're accusing me a of a lot of personality traits I do not possess. Why am I not allowed to respond to people if I so choose? There isn't a limited amount of allowed responses.
        fragmede 5y ago
        you're allowed to respond to whomever you can. the explicit design goal is to avoid comments that are noise on a web forum, even if they're expected in normal conversation. reply comments like "thanks for the link!" (whether you do that or not) are seen to not add that much value, and so are discouraged

junon 5y ago

> makes you keep checking and re-checking for more obsessively. Yet I do this more on HN than any other site since I don't know if someone's responded to me. Noprocrast was... helpful, I guess, but I found myself racing to make poor quality responses sometimes, or HN was constantly locked out whenever I wanted to take a short break, instead of being able to take the time to respond with a thoughtful answer.

andrewzah 5y ago
You can get notified of replies via email: https://www.hnreplies.com/ https://www.hnreplies.com/
kjaftaedi 5y ago
Responses aren't necessarily "to you" If you are going to post a comment that does nothing more than respond to the previous person, you are doing a disservice by forcing thousands of people to read text that is likely irrelevant or unhelpful to them. The fact that this site is designed to prevent this behavior is one of its stronger points IMHO
- junon 5y ago
  You've completely missed the point of why I want response notifications.
  - kjaftaedi 5y ago
    I get where you're coming from, but unless you're the only expert in your field, I think it's better to have group discussions. Response notifications will primarily be used by people to dominate the chat, and your use case doesn't negate that.
    - junon 5y ago
      I think you're accusing me a of a lot of personality traits I do not possess. Why am I not allowed to respond to people if I so choose? There isn't a limited amount of allowed responses.
      - fragmede 5y ago
        you're allowed to respond to whomever you can. the explicit design goal is to avoid comments that are noise on a web forum, even if they're expected in normal conversation. reply comments like "thanks for the link!" (whether you do that or not) are seen to not add that much value, and so are discouraged