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amingilani·

Regarding notifications, try HN Notify[0]. It came up a long time ago and I've been using it ever since.

I love getting replies in emails. If you don't follow up on conversations, no one learns.

[0]: https://hnnotify.xyz/

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If everybody followed this mindset though, people start to expect that you'll read their replies. I don't want to be always burdened with that. Reddit and chat messengers already come with that sort of culture. I sort of enjoy the Hacker News style of not receiving notifications, it creates a culture where you can just share comments and perspectives without tying yourself down to a conversation.

I think this promotes a different style of content than you could get on other platforms. For example, I'm more careful about packing all my ideas into a single concise take if I'm not planning on having a long drawn out thread where I continuously clarify my position.

If I'm really curious about replies to my comment, I'll check back. Otherwise I comment and move on with my life

I agree that it is tiresome to continuously clarify your position in comments, but somehow that isn't how conversations go on HN. Although, your mileage will vary.

Unless the topic is around cryptocurrencies, that is. Then the conversation is curiously unintelligent.

There’s also hnreplies[0]. Keep in mind, they were hacked once and leaked email addresses[1].

[0]: http://hnreplies.com

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26968908

But why would you use it when you can just click on Threads and see your comments and replies to them? Though it's sorted by your comments, not by replies to them.

Because then I have to remember to check and I might miss a reply for hours or days. I check my email much more frequently than I check my HN comments.

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