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Ask HN: Why HN lacks a reply alert feature?

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I don't know if meta posts are allowed or not. I am quite new to the community. Trying to learn from mistakes here.

Why don't we have a "reply" feature, that alerts on every reply to a comment on any thread?

Its very difficult to check manually by navigating through own comments, especially if there are comments on more than 2 threads in a day.

I don't want to compare, but lobste.rs have implemented such a feauture and I find it very useful.

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This one [0]. Know of this for many years but not sure if still running.

EDIT: Yes, it still works.

[0] http://hnreplies.com/

Yes, its working. I get emails when my comment gets a reply.

thanks a lot.

>Your e-mail address has been verified. You'll be notified of any new replies to your comments.

however, would still love native feature , YC!

Push notifications would be nice.

Its very difficult to check manually

It discourages this sort of thing, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24377372

I see. So , ignore ?

I am really curious, should I have avoided this comment?

I honestly believed that his reply to the person making "just a point" was more arrorgant and not something that came out intellectually.

Did it make Hacker News better?

https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/duty_calls.png

no.

Personally I like not having alerts. I'm sick of every site having a little bell with a red number on it... It's great to leave comments, and check back every once and a while...

I believe its a design choice to discourage flame wars like you get on reddit. Making you go look prevents that (or at least discourages it).

There is also a timer expressly preventing you from replying too quickly to each other.

Questions like yours that get asked time and time again on HN make me sigh with frustrated rage, especially when posted by someone with a 20 day old nick with 100+ karma. But, to quote one of your own submissions [1]

There are many quotes on questions, like “better to ask and be thought a fool for five minutes than to remain a fool forever” and the likes, but to me, there is something deeper than that. Asking questions often reveals a lot more information than just the answer to the question, almost regardless of the situation.

However, it is always worth doing a search before asking questions rather than receiving a spoon-fed answer (or a Dang "discussed Previously At:) comment but - here ya go ... follow the Rabbit Hole of Links to Truly Understand the 'Why'.

Search is your friend when it comes to things like 'why doesn't HN do x or y?'.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21788013

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23741350

Edit to add forgotten [1] link https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24366538

[1] : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24366538

>There are many quotes on questions, like “better to ask and be thought a fool for five minutes than to remain a fool forever” and the likes, but to me, there is something deeper than that. Asking questions often reveals a lot more information than just the answer to the question, almost regardless of the situation.

Thanks. Explains a lot already.

>make me sigh with frustrated rage

I could've asked "do we render emojis here? ⭐" Or "are ascii emojis downvoted? ಠ_ಠ "

>it is always worth doing a search before asking questions rather than receiving a spoon-fed answer

"meta" question. Not well documented.

>>> I don't know if meta posts are allowed or not. (post) Well rules out searching.

>Search is your friend when it comes to things like 'why doesn't HN do x or y?'

>>>I am quite new to the community. (post)

thanks.

Have a nice day.

Thank you for taking my comment in the (well intentioned) spirit it was posted in. The 'frustrated rage' was not directed towards you personaly and I thank you for not taking it that way.

Thanks & have a great day :)

There used to be one actually at one point in time--I think? It was long enough that I can't remember its name anymore, so I'll have to let others help out with this thread.

Personally, I'm glad it doesn't exist. I don't expect HN to be like every other forum out there.