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Re: Ask YC: How do you follow YC threads you enjoy?

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Post by rfunduk »

My technique is super low-tech. In my bookmarks bar, positioned conveniently below the site's favicon, I have a folder which is called "For Later". Into this folder I drop stuff I'll want to come back to at some point. Then (and here's the super part of my super low-tech claim), when I'm done with it I move it to another folder called "x" which I periodically delete and re-create.

This works everywhere with no extensions or anything, I use Foxmarks to sync the bookmarks themselves between machines (which you could skip if you only used the one machine), that's it.

Re: Ask YC: How do you follow YC threads you enjoy?

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Post by bprater »

snprbob86 wrote: post #21
pg wrote: post #15

Should I add some kind of feature for this?

Starred conversations seems like an appropriate solution.

I really like this idea too, just like stars in Gmail. A star would appear next to the article name in the index page (and detail page). One click and a star next to the article.

Works like a charm in Gmail. No need to even float stars to the top, just allow the user to filter only starred articles with one click.

Re: Ask YC: How do you follow YC threads you enjoy?

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Post by issue9mm »

transburgh wrote: post #14
bd wrote: post #8

On the related note: how do you keep track of which comments are new since your last visit of the thread? HN/reddit system with comments jumping around based on votes makes it hard just to quickly skim for differences. Could there be a way to highlight not seen items? I found this a big help for information overload on the sites that do it (e.g. Google Reader, Bloglines). However, I couldn't figure out how to do it e…

I agree about the comment movements but it has been discussed here before. It would be nice to have the option to keep comments the way they are (moving) or to view them based on the time they were left.

If you know which comments on a page are new, then you also know which ones are old. The easy answer is to just gray out the older posts (only remotely challenging because the gray background of the page is about the color I WOULD have suggested for old comment text) -- and just leave the new comments as they are.

That allows you to easily skim the page for new content, while still allowing you to see the new posts in context.

A Digg-style collapse would also probably work, but for some reason, I see grayed out text more in line with the ycombinator mantra.

Re: Ask YC: How do you follow YC threads you enjoy?

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Post by dionidium »

bd wrote: post #8

On the related note: how do you keep track of which comments are new since your last visit of the thread? HN/reddit system with comments jumping around based on votes makes it hard just to quickly skim for differences. Could there be a way to highlight not seen items? I found this a big help for information overload on the sites that do it (e.g. Google Reader, Bloglines). However, I couldn't figure out how to do it e…

I wrote a greasemonkey script to help me. It marks comments that have already been read. The way it marks comments is ugly and probably backwards (i.e. you probably only want to mark new comments, not the other way around). I did it as a proof-of-concept, mostly, but this thread convinced me to make it available.

http://dionidium.com/projects/greasemonkey/markasread.user.j...

Re: Ask YC: How do you follow YC threads you enjoy?

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Post by poshj »

jsdalton wrote: post #29
pg wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Let me rephrase that. Does anyone have any suggestions for features of this type?

I like the way Reddit does this -- when someone replies to a comment you made, your mailbox icon at the top right glows red. Doesn't solve the question of following whole threads, but it's great for dialogue (not just because I notice when people reply to me, but because other people notice when I reply to them).

This would be nice. I'd like to suggest a few things too. Sometimes I find good threads or interesting submissions that I want to read/analyze in the future, mainly because I don't have time at the moment, so I upvote threads. My saved list keeps growing even though I have done dealing in some of them. it would be great if you can delete it from saved list.

Re: Ask YC: How do you follow YC threads you enjoy?

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Post by catone »

To be honest, I usually just keep the thread open in a tab for a few hours until things die down. That said, I generally only comment on a handful of threads per week, so that's a manageable system for me. For those of you who participate more, I think that wouldn't work so well.

Re: Ask YC: How do you follow YC threads you enjoy?

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Post by dill_day »

pg wrote: post #18
Shamiq wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes.

Let me rephrase that. Does anyone have any suggestions for features of this type?

I might be thinking of a different feature but I like how on LtU it says "13 comments | 5 new comments" for example

Re: Ask YC: How do you follow YC threads you enjoy?

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Post by tel »

pg wrote: post #18
Shamiq wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes.

Let me rephrase that. Does anyone have any suggestions for features of this type?

Perhaps some sort of interaction history that shows the last few threads you commented in if they've had any responses.
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