There are tons of problems with Hacker News. Unfortunately it's a monopoly (network effects), so there's basically no market pressure to improve the site. The s

There are tons of problems with Hacker News. Unfortunately it's a monopoly (network effects), so there's basically no market pressure to improve the site. The site has remained practically unchaned for years and there are so many things that could be improved: * Real-time notification when someone replies to my comment (or when someone upvotes, turned off by default). * More openess and transparency. * Speed. Just tried to open this comment page in another tab: 8 seconds. Seriously? * Collapsible comments (I have to use an extension for that). * Limit the max width of a comment text. * Show newest submissions in some box on the homepage. * Highlight new comments since last visit. * Show top submissions for a specific day. * Markdown support. And many more.