I hear you but to me, the beacon would better allow for effortless long-lived conversations. Whereas mail alerts demand more work : a filter/folder lest hnrepli

I hear you but to me, the beacon would better allow for effortless long-lived conversations. Whereas mail alerts demand more work : a filter/folder lest hnreplies will drown among unrelated mails + switching to browser on link. Reddit does it perfectly. You see alert and get ALL unread replies and pop them with a simple body click.