The ability to downvote stuff in /newest, but flagging serves that purpose in a way.
Ask HN: What is your most wanted HN feature?
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#22An ASK TECH would be nice.
I'm new to programming and would love to ask questions about design/technical decisions. It doesn't need to go the StackOverflow way. But could me more high level.
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#23Better APIs for third-party clients, especially support for user authentication so that one can post stories and comments.
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#24An ASK TECH would be nice. I'm new to programming and would love to ask questions about design/technical decisions. It doesn't need to go the StackOverflow way. But could me more high level.
That's called "ask hn", I don't really see a distinction
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#25Email notifications to replies? Actually, this is a terrible idea don't do it. Edit: I think there are bookmarks if you just click a comment timestamp and then click Favorite.
https://hnreplies.com does the email notifications.
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#26Some mechanism for preventing accidental flags and hides. Perhaps a confirmation button or something.
This is not an uncommon problem: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37208812
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#27notifications of replies would be nice. i've acidentally left so many people hanging over the years.
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#28Tags
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#29notifications of replies would be nice. i've acidentally left so many people hanging over the years.
Seconding this one.
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#30notifications of replies would be nice. i've acidentally left so many people hanging over the years.
I've used https://www.hnreplies.com/ for years here. Agreed that this is something that would be great to have built in.