HN Notify

#1

Post by josephwegner » Sat, Oct 05, 2013, 1:37 AM UTC

Re: HN Notify

#2

Post by pfarrell » Sat, Oct 05, 2013, 2:14 AM UTC

Ahh. I had a similar desire to code something like this up, but didn't because I found there was some sort if service available on your account called notifo. Wonder what happened to it...

Gl with this service. I definitely wanted it when I've done "ask hn" type things.

How sure are you that the message will get to the notified's inbox? Email delivery is not easily done.

Re: HN Notify

#3

Post by bryanh » Sat, Oct 05, 2013, 2:19 AM UTC

Very cool! Any chance to open source it?

I've been running HN alerts via Zapier (my startup) + a webhook polling trigger with a URL like http://api.thriftdb.com/api.hnsearch.com/items/_search?&q=yo... (which is of course hnsearch.com's API). You can get them delivered via SMS/Twilio, IM/Gtalk/Jabber or plain jane email.

Re: HN Notify

#4

Post by bgar » Sat, Oct 05, 2013, 2:35 AM UTC

Just wanted to say, thank you for this! I've been using it for a while and it's so useful :)

Re: HN Notify

#5

Post by Mithrandir » Sat, Oct 05, 2013, 2:43 AM UTC

Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3004254

Re: HN Notify

#6

Post by siong1987 » Sat, Oct 05, 2013, 2:45 AM UTC

I created HNMention (http://www.hnmention.com/) a while back.

It will notify you when someone mentions you in comment like how mention works on Twitter (@username).

Re: HN Notify

#7

Post by hayksaakian » Sat, Oct 05, 2013, 3:13 AM UTC

was literally just thinking about this earlier today

would be nice if there was a chrome extension that added this via reddit-like functionality instead of having to send me an email

Re: HN Notify

#8

Post by pfarrell » Sat, Oct 05, 2013, 3:22 AM UTC

pfarrell wrote: post #2

Ahh. I had a similar desire to code something like this up, but didn't because I found there was some sort if service available on your account called notifo. Wonder what happened to it... Gl with this service. I definitely wanted it when I've done "ask hn" type things. How sure are you that the message will get to the notified's inbox? Email delivery is not easily done.

Well a little ddg-ing and I got my answer. Looks like notifo is no longer.

Re: HN Notify

#9

Post by oblique63 » Sat, Oct 05, 2013, 3:24 AM UTC

Surely I can't be the only one wondering why this kind of functionality isn't just built-in already (with option to enable/disable accordingly)? I mean, the site has been around for about 7 years now, and the whole 'community' aspect seems to be a big selling point, so it just seems odd...

Re: HN Notify

#10

Post by nodesocket » Sat, Oct 05, 2013, 3:32 AM UTC

oblique63 wrote: post #9

Surely I can't be the only one wondering why this kind of functionality isn't just built-in already (with option to enable/disable accordingly)? I mean, the site has been around for about 7 years now, and the whole 'community' aspect seems to be a big selling point, so it just seems odd...

An interesting thought. Perhaps users constantly coming back and checking their comments for replies, increases time on site, and the possibility users will interact further and view other posts.

But, the reality is probably that pg is just super busy and does not have the time and bandwidth to build features out. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Reddit does not send notifications on comment replies either.