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i'd hate it personally. i've noticed recently that the comment threads i poke my head into have a different vibe, maybe in the last month or so. i had the thoug
by pasquinelli 4y ago
i'd hate it personally. i've noticed recently that the comment threads i poke my head into have a different vibe, maybe in the last month or so. i had the thought last weekend that perhaps there are some people who've left twitter and are trying to get the fix they used to get there on other sites, like this one. it's a disturbing thought for me.
i like that the conversation is mostly between hn readers and the article they're commenting on, with crosstalk very much being secondary.
i would really hate hn becomming a social network. but that's me, i happen to hate those things.
- ilyt 4y agoStill, would be at least nice to get info in the top bar about whether someone answered to your comment, it's tiring going there manually
- fingerlocks 4y agoThere’s an API and a ton of open source clients that will do that for you.
- nindalf 4y agoThe emergent behaviour from lacking this feature is that often the main thread of a discussion involves multiple people instead of two people replying to each other instantaneously as soon as the notification comes in. IMO two people sniping at each other at the speed of push notifications rarely leads to thoughtful discussion.
- ilyt 4y agoNeither does current behaviour, it's just annoyance. It also makes any longer term than say a day conversation be mighty annoying as it just on next, then next, then next page of the comments page. > IMO two people sniping at each other at the speed of push notifications rarely leads to thoughtful discussion. You can't answer immediately on HN anyway.