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Here is a feature request that is relevant only because you are already archiving hackernews: Send a notification to my email __________ whenever: (checkbox)

• chengmi 18y ago
  Notifications was one of the original motivations for creating SearchYC, but there are a couple of fundamental flaws: 1) How would we know if you've already read a comment/submission? It would get spammy really quick unless we did some kind of periodic digest. We decided that creating RSS feeds for search terms (e.g. username) is a happy medium for this, but we're open to suggestions. 2) New items can take quite a bit of time to get indexed (usually 0-2 hours depending on the number of new items and position in the queue).
• sam_in_nyc 18y ago
  That feature should be part of any internet discussion software, but 99% of the time, it isn't. We're still in the stonge-age of discussion.