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Ask HN: How to “subscribe” to comments in a specific post?

18 points by jiriro 4y ago

Is there a way to follow up/get notified about new comments in a specific post?

lapcat 4y ago
https://hnrss.org/replies?id= https://hnrss.org/replies?id=
- quickthrower2 4y ago
  I love anything where the URL is the UI :-)
counttheforks 4y ago
Not without third party tools. Dang thinks this basic feature that has existed in forums since the dawn of time promotes toxicity.
- episteme 4y ago
  Something existing for a long time says nothing about whether it is positive or not.
  - TylerLives 4y ago
    It was positive enough for people to use it for a long time, while having the ability to change it and not doing so. Surely that means something?
    - throwaway71271 4y ago
      it does not mean it was positive, people do a lot of things since the dawn of time (slavery for example). the fact that something was used for a long time means only that it was used for a long time, and everything else is up for interpretation.
      - sheusndudn 4y ago
        this dang?
    - deleted 4y ago
      [deleted]
    - ctxc 4y ago
      Most of its usage is on platforms where engagement is how they make money. Any kind of engagement. Considering flamewars, nitpicking and arguments are goldmines that capture user attention, it's in the platform's best interest to draw attention to threads via notifications. Is this the right thing for HN? I don't know. But they've decided it's worth the trade off, I think.
- hombre_fatal 4y ago
  And most forums break down into toxic fights since the dawn of time. What’s the problem with his view? On a forum it really is much better when you give your 2c and then forget about the thread than hovering over it intercepting every new utterance. Time to close the browser tab.
- jason-phillips 4y ago
  > Dang thinks this basic feature that has existed in forums since the dawn of time promotes toxicity. It lowers the barrier to entry, coddling and inevitably inviting the lazy, thus nudging the needle towards the lowest common denominator, which is ill-advised.
  - counttheforks 4y ago
    gatekeeping is toxic
    - jason-phillips 4y ago
      When I bar you from my house because your muddy boots will soil the floor, I have faith that you will somehow survive this terrible injustice.
    - Beaver117 4y ago
      Gatekeeping is not toxic. Where did people get this idea?
pjerem 4y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=jiriro https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=jiriro but no notifications
giuliomagnifico 4y ago
Also Hack app ha push notifications: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1464477788 https://apps.apple.com/app/id1464477788
gabrielsroka 4y ago
There's an official API. https://github.com/HackerNews/API https://github.com/HackerNews/API
ajdude 4y ago
Just yesterday I was noting how I up vote comments I want to check on later, and then click on my profile page and go through them.
mikewarot 4y ago
If there were a way to add votes in other dimensions, this would be less of an issue. You could then weight a matrix to get a view of things tailored to your preferences without using 3rd party tools. Examples of multi-dimensional voting: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1603656085390270464 My plane is not trackable without using non-public data (twitter.com/elonmusk) Up in Elon Musk, Twitter, ADSB, Politics Down in Truth https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33999983 The Suppressed Electrodynamics of Ampère-Gauss-Weber (2001) (21sci-tech.com) Up in Physics, Fringe Science, Rant, Rabbit Hole Down in Truth There are lots of things that get lost when you are forced into a single dimension. There is a HUGE gain, and that's the fact that it forces the community to agree on what an upvote or downvote means, at least it should. It has often been unclear to me why things get voted the way they do. Splitting votes into many dimensions might fix that.
- zzo38computer 4y ago
  I agree; I would prefer to get rid of the voting entirely if it is limited to one dimension. If votes are available for many dimensions, then the votes might be good and useful; as they are, I do not like them and do not use them, and would rather have an option to use chronological display order. (If you can download the file on your computer and run your own SQL queries, then you can also make up your own criteria however you want to do. However, in such a case, it should need to support incremental updates.)

18 points by jiriro 4y ago

Is there a way to follow up/get notified about new comments in a specific post?

lapcat 4y ago

https://hnrss.org/replies?id= https://hnrss.org/replies?id=

quickthrower2 4y ago
I love anything where the URL is the UI :-)

counttheforks 4y ago

Not without third party tools. Dang thinks this basic feature that has existed in forums since the dawn of time promotes toxicity.

episteme 4y ago
Something existing for a long time says nothing about whether it is positive or not.
- TylerLives 4y ago
  It was positive enough for people to use it for a long time, while having the ability to change it and not doing so. Surely that means something?
  - throwaway71271 4y ago
    it does not mean it was positive, people do a lot of things since the dawn of time (slavery for example). the fact that something was used for a long time means only that it was used for a long time, and everything else is up for interpretation.
    - sheusndudn 4y ago
      this dang?
  - deleted 4y ago
    [deleted]
  - ctxc 4y ago
    Most of its usage is on platforms where engagement is how they make money. Any kind of engagement. Considering flamewars, nitpicking and arguments are goldmines that capture user attention, it's in the platform's best interest to draw attention to threads via notifications. Is this the right thing for HN? I don't know. But they've decided it's worth the trade off, I think.
hombre_fatal 4y ago
And most forums break down into toxic fights since the dawn of time. What’s the problem with his view? On a forum it really is much better when you give your 2c and then forget about the thread than hovering over it intercepting every new utterance. Time to close the browser tab.
jason-phillips 4y ago
> Dang thinks this basic feature that has existed in forums since the dawn of time promotes toxicity. It lowers the barrier to entry, coddling and inevitably inviting the lazy, thus nudging the needle towards the lowest common denominator, which is ill-advised.
- counttheforks 4y ago
  gatekeeping is toxic
  - jason-phillips 4y ago
    When I bar you from my house because your muddy boots will soil the floor, I have faith that you will somehow survive this terrible injustice.
  - Beaver117 4y ago
    Gatekeeping is not toxic. Where did people get this idea?

pjerem 4y ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=jiriro https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=jiriro but no notifications

giuliomagnifico 4y ago

Also Hack app ha push notifications: https://apps.apple.com/app/id1464477788 https://apps.apple.com/app/id1464477788

gabrielsroka 4y ago

There's an official API. https://github.com/HackerNews/API https://github.com/HackerNews/API

ajdude 4y ago

Just yesterday I was noting how I up vote comments I want to check on later, and then click on my profile page and go through them.

mikewarot 4y ago

If there were a way to add votes in other dimensions, this would be less of an issue. You could then weight a matrix to get a view of things tailored to your preferences without using 3rd party tools. Examples of multi-dimensional voting: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1603656085390270464 My plane is not trackable without using non-public data (twitter.com/elonmusk) Up in Elon Musk, Twitter, ADSB, Politics Down in Truth https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33999983 The Suppressed Electrodynamics of Ampère-Gauss-Weber (2001) (21sci-tech.com) Up in Physics, Fringe Science, Rant, Rabbit Hole Down in Truth There are lots of things that get lost when you are forced into a single dimension. There is a HUGE gain, and that's the fact that it forces the community to agree on what an upvote or downvote means, at least it should. It has often been unclear to me why things get voted the way they do. Splitting votes into many dimensions might fix that.

zzo38computer 4y ago
I agree; I would prefer to get rid of the voting entirely if it is limited to one dimension. If votes are available for many dimensions, then the votes might be good and useful; as they are, I do not like them and do not use them, and would rather have an option to use chronological display order. (If you can download the file on your computer and run your own SQL queries, then you can also make up your own criteria however you want to do. However, in such a case, it should need to support incremental updates.)