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I'll sometimes see I got upvoted, and I'll notice it wasn't one of my recent comments (since my recent comments will all be 1 karma).
If the feedback loop between knowing a comment was upvoted is short, sure, that encourages trying to get upvotes (rather than trying to make good discussion). But I think it'd be good to see what old comments I wrote people thought were worth upvoting.
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Oh sweet. Thank you. Unfortunately that's not a thing in my mobile client of choice, but handy for when I'm on desktop.
> Unfortunately that's not a thing in my mobile client of choice, but handy for when I'm on desktop. Threads are part of the HN home page header when logged in. How does your browsers disable this link? Does it disable other header links as well?
I get mine from https://hnnotify.xyz/ - seems to work well. I agree that it would be nice for HN to manage this directly.
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The problem is that old discussions become effectively invisible. If I reply to a post or comment that's over several days old there's almost no chance the author will ever see it.
If I reply to a post or comment that's over several days old there's almost no chance the author will ever see it. That is a Good Thing.
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?
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you are pretty much guaranteed not to see replieds to older comments. I consider this a feature, not a bug. IMO, it's good to let older conversations just kinda "run out of steam" as attention moves elsewhere. In my experience, extended discussions here tend to be unproductive flame-war level discussion. I don't see any value in making it easier to sustain that.
> I consider this a feature, not a bug. IMO, it's good to let older conversations just kinda "run out of steam" as attention moves elsewhere. That tends to happen even when there are notifications in my experience - it only takes one participant to stop. > In my experience, extended discussions here tend to be unproductive flame-war level discussion. As in here on HN? That can hardly be due to notifications since the…
I’ve certainly felt that was happening here a few times. I’m glad the “threads” list is so short, because I’m not immune to the siren call of https://xkcd.com/386 even though my better self wishes I were.
I do think "upvoted old comments" would be worth notifying about after some cooling duration. I'll sometimes see I got upvoted, and I'll notice it wasn't one of my recent comments (since my recent comments will all be 1 karma). If the feedback loop between knowing a comment was upvoted is short, sure, that encourages trying to get upvotes (rather than trying to make good discussion). But I think it'd be good to see w…
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you are pretty much guaranteed not to see replieds to older comments. I consider this a feature, not a bug. IMO, it's good to let older conversations just kinda "run out of steam" as attention moves elsewhere. In my experience, extended discussions here tend to be unproductive flame-war level discussion. I don't see any value in making it easier to sustain that.
> I consider this a feature, not a bug. IMO, it's good to let older conversations just kinda "run out of steam" as attention moves elsewhere. That tends to happen even when there are notifications in my experience - it only takes one participant to stop. > In my experience, extended discussions here tend to be unproductive flame-war level discussion. As in here on HN? That can hardly be due to notifications since the…
I'm saying notifications would exacerbate those situations, which is why it's good that HN doesn't have that facility.
Because HN is a non profit thing that doesn't make money on "engagement". Seriously, you don't have enough interruptions? If you really want to see if your comments have been replied to, you can see that in the list of your comments.
I don't think they're asking for notifications. Even just an icon next to my profile name to indicate someone has responded to a comment would be something. And make it opt-in since a lot of people here seem to be happy with the status quo.
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Maybe a way then to flag a comment to watch for a response? Sometimes I ask a question I'd love answered, or if someone else responds to a conversation I think is important - I'd be happy if they eventually replied.
Yeah. Like, I "owe" people a response here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30310575#30310784 I am trying to put some degree of effort into the answer, but it feels like they might not even see my responses to their comments.
They thought it'd make a good blog post too, so you can repurpose it for that?