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Is there a way to subscribe to a convo via email or RSS, or do you just constantly have to come back to check for replies?

There's not really a good way. You just check back every so often, and even then, there's not a good way to view the comments that have been newly added. This has been discussed here before, but HN deliberately tries to keep things simple, so I wouldn't bet on this feature being added anytime soon.

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There is that 'threads' link (http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=<userid>) on the top menu which takes you to your latest comment threads, works pretty well for me. :) No way to get this into email/RSS, though.

Yeah, the threads link is also good in case someone comments on something that has already scrolled from the front page.

Yep, that's pretty useful, but it only shows replies to your comments, and not other comments on the same article.

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