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I've always wished Hacker News had a Reddit-style reply notification (i.e. something like Reddit's orangered envelope). It's not just that I want to see who re
by jsdalton 17y ago
I've always wished Hacker News had a Reddit-style reply notification (i.e. something like Reddit's orangered envelope).
It's not just that I want to see who replied to my comments. Sometimes I ask a question or hope for a response from somebody else, but it seems somewhat rare that the other person actually notices I have posted a reply on their comment.
- tptacek 17y agoI like that it doesn't; it means that you can generally let go of any debate after a few days.
- pasbesoin 17y agoI used to miss the presence of such a notification feature. But, with the more recent proliferation of comments including "one liners", I'm becoming increasingly appreciative of this approach. Yet another example of apparent lack of a feature actually being a feature.
- roundsquare 17y agoit means that you can generally let go of any debate after a few days I feel that it leaves a lot of debates unfinished. This leaves me disappointed and means I don't put as much effort into comments as I might otherwise. However, I guess its just another one of the reasons I'm only "sort of" an HNer. Its really up to pg to set up the site to act how he wants (shorter discussions could be what he wants).