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I didn't say you should get 9000 emails in 25 days I said there should be a way to see that you have replies to a submission or comment so you know someone's l

• robomartin 5y ago
  This was not a reply to what you said. It is a real-life example of how evil notification can be. Probably the most extreme example I have ever seen. As for your comment, I understand. I went 11 days before posting the above reply. I was really busy with work. Frankly, I appreciate that HN does not have notifications. Most of what we all discuss in online forums, going back to my days on USENET, isn't important enough to consume the clock cycles. Notifications would just make us waste more time. Yes, I am calling most of it a waste of time. If I was pressed to pick a number I would say that 1% to 5% might have some value. This might sound harsh. Take it as one person's opinion, which means it has little value and isn't at all relevant to your own context.