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Why? Most users don't want them. And for those that do, there's https://www.hnreplies.com/ , as well as other options mentioned elsewhere here.
Agreed. In fact, I'd like to see HN go even further and close discussions after some limit has been reached, whether it's time- or attention-based.
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Why? Most users don't want them. And for those that do, there's https://www.hnreplies.com/ , as well as other options mentioned elsewhere here.
Agreed. In fact, I'd like to see HN go even further and close discussions after some limit has been reached, whether it's time- or attention-based.
This has been addressed by dang before, one representative pastequote from a recent (ish) comment: Yes, I think we'll continue to avoid the notification system, not just because of flamewars but also because (relatedly) it's not so compatible with curiosity. Push notifications seem to jack up the nervous system in a way that's good for engagement but not necessarily for users—we all experience this elsewhere on the i…
Then provide a daily or weekly digest. What's the point in contributing to a black hole with no feedback?
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Yeah as a reddit troll myself I enjoy the freedom of never caring and pursuing flaming here... people like me get addicted to the reaction and start writing only to trigger reactions. Here at least I post constructively sometimes.
Given you're aware of doing this, could you take some action to prevent it?
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Then provide a daily or weekly digest. What's the point in contributing to a black hole with no feedback?
Generally, the people who the site was built for have nothing to prove, but everything to learn, and optimize accordingly.
PS. Visible karma system is one of the worst things on HN and among many that I don't like. It has no place to be here. At the very least it ought not to be exposed on profiles and comments.
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No, it's not If you ask a question, and I happen to see it a couple days later and can answer it, why would you not want to see said answer?
An edge case like that isn't really the point. I mean, what percentage of "responses to old comments" fall into that bucket? My guess is that it's a very small percentage. Weighed against the "propagating / encouraging low-value flame wars" possibility, I absolutely consider the lack of such notifications to a Good Thing. Especially considering somebody who's particularly motivated to find delayed answers to specific…
You can already flag inappropriate content. We don't have to fear it.
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...says the person replying to a comment ;)
Allowing comments on a news aggregator doesn't mean it's a forum. The fact that HN purposely doesn't have much of the standard functionality of a forum should clue you in to the fact that it isn't one.
forum, noun: An Internet message board where users can post messages regarding one or more topics of discussion.
HN is clearly a forum.
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There are many times I don't reply to a comment that is multiple days old simply because nobody is going to read it. In my experience, the "hot takes" are often low quality comments. Quality comments take time and thought, and HN isn't conducive for that.
I’ve replied to multiple days old comments and been replied to in turn. I think when you do this you’re not performing for an audience but responding to another person or couple of people individually. The fact not many people are going to see it should be irrelevant - is a piece of art (or a notebook doodle) not worth doing because it has an audience of one?