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Replying to remind myself to check back on this - I'm also interested!

• codetrotter 4y ago
  If you click on the timestamp of a HN comment, you navigate to a link specific to the comment. From there you can add the comment to your HN favourites by clicking on “favourite”. You can find your HN favourites in your profile. They are public, so others can see what you’ve favourited. Alternatively you can bookmark the comment in your browser, or take a screenshot of the comment.
  • scubbo 4y ago
    Thank you - though, that would require me to build "checking my favourites" into a regular routine to remember to look for replies (and, more than that, I'd need metadata or brainpower-expenditure to distinguish "this is a comment I favourited because I want to check for replies" from "this is a comment I favourited to refer back to later"), whereas this approach "just works" with my (all-too-regular :( ) habit of checking replies-to-my-comments. Though if this is considered a particularly irritatingly selfish behaviour, I'd consider stopping! I don't _think_ it particularly negatively affects anyone, but I'm willing to hear otherwise.
    • codetrotter 4y ago
      I think it is frowned upon a little bit because notes about wanting to check back later do not contribute to the conversation. But I think occasionally making those kinds of comments is ok, as long as the vast majority of comments that a user makes is contributing.
      • scubbo 4y ago
        Fair, thanks! Implicit in my "I don't _think_ it particularly negatively affects anyone" was "I don't believe that seeing occasional non-contributive comments are a strong negative effect", but you're right to call it out explicitly.
    • executesorder66 4y ago
      I find those sorts of comments irritating. Why not just keep the comment open in a tab, and check back on it when you have a chance? Is it necessary to spam the discussion?