Yes. "Mute words" would be great for comments and stories as well. I often wonder how much of what makes HN HN is the lack of features though. Like it seems li

Yes. "Mute words" would be great for comments and stories as well. I often wonder how much of what makes HN HN is the lack of features though. Like it seems like a no brainer to add notifications for replies to your comments, but it would probably promote flamewars, and also reduce traffic to the homepage, since people wouldn't need to visit just to see if someone replied to their comment.