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Ask HN: How do you monitor the threads on HN you are engaging with?
I keep finding myself commenting on threads and then forgetting to check back. HN doesn’t have built in notifications, so I’m curious how people here actually keep track of discussions they are part of.
What’s the best workflow you’ve found to follow active conversations without missing replies?
- ofalkaed 11mo agoI click on "threads" once a day to see if there is anything I should reply to.
- treetalker 11mo agoYou can get an RSS feed of replies to a particular user (you!) here: https://hnrss.github.io/ https://hnrss.github.io/ Then you can check your RSS feeds for new "articles" in that feed (new replies to your comments). That's better than checking your threads because you'll only see replies that are new since the last time you checked. So it ends up being similar to an email workflow.
- noman-land 11mo ago+1 to this. I subscribe to my own feed.
- swah 11mo ago+1. I do this for some HN folks. Then I notice I don't care about such a big fraction of their comments, ofc. But some gems.. Btw this looks great on the Mac app "NetNewsWire". Google Reader feels.
- mindcrime 11mo agoI just click on https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=mindcrime https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=mindcrime a few times a day and scroll to the end of the first page. If there's anything interesting going on, I reply. Anything old enough to have fallen off the first page I deem irrelevant and never check any further.
- muzani 11mo agoSame here. Falling off the first page is a feature imo.
- baubino 11mo agoI don‘t. I read through most or all of a thread, make a comment, completely forget about it, and never return. I find it kind of freeing actually, especially because HN comments tend to be fairly thoughtful and complete. There‘s rarely the kind of short quips, snarky comments, or tit-for-tat back and forth that drives most social media discussion. It‘s like the old school forums (and I never checked back on my comments there either).
- romanhn 11mo agoCombination of https://www.hnreplies.com https://www.hnreplies.com notifications for direct replies and checking the threads page for the nested replies.
- codingdave 11mo agoI don't. HN is not social media, I'm not trying to keep up with discussion. I read, I share a thought, I move on.
- mmarian 11mo agoI built https://hackernewsalerts.com https://hackernewsalerts.com just for that