HN Replies
Consumer and social
hacker news notifications
SHOW HN2016
How HN took it
21 positive, 21 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 8 critical, out of 53 comments about the project. Thread score +0.21.
Idea: 11 for, 4 againstExecution: 4 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Fills the gap left by HN Notify going away
From 3 comments
> There used to be a site that did this, but it disappeared a few months ago I was just about to link HN Notify for this, but sure enough, it's gone. Thanks for the replacement!
mintplant on HNThanks for putting this together! I too was sad that the old site went down.
joshschreuder on HNSweet! I just realized that HN Notify hasn't been working since november. Thanks for your work.
farresito on HN
Useful for catching replies after threads leave the front page
From 2 comments
Thanks! I missed HN Notify. Notifications about replies really help the conversation going, even after any given topic falls from the HN front page.
TeMPOraL on HNI didn't know about HN Notify, but I welocme this. I missed so many comment replies because I simply didn't bother to check. Now I'll sit by the email machine like a teenager and…
harel on HN
Objections
Concerns about what happens to collected email addresses
From 3 comments
This is a smart way to build a list of HN users and their email addresses. My question is what will you do with this information? The sign up page makes no promises that it won't…
jcoffland on HNVery nice. I do hope you'll put some wording about not selling out our addresses to everyone :) On that note, it would actually be rather interesting to see if you could actually…
protomyth on HNHi, is there a link to your email privacy policy?
supersan on HN
Unsure whether a service is needed versus a browser extension
From 2 comments
Wouldn't this just have the same problem as the previous site? The functionality for this tool seems better implemented as a Chromium or Firefox plugin rather than a service.
autotune on HNWhat were the problems with the previous site? I used it without major problems. Wouldn't a browser plugin require you to actively be using HN, or at least have a tab open?…
kbenson on HN
Requests
RSS feed of replies
From 1 comment
Any chance we could get RSS feeds instead? :)
Mithaldu on HN
Notification inside the HN header
From 1 comment
Thanks, this definitely sounds useful! I think it would also really help to have some kind of notification in the HN header.
jchendy on HN
Open source code or a GitHub link
From 2 comments
Is this open source? I'd like to see how your finding replies for a single user.
gravypod on HNIs it free software? If so, can you add a link to GitHub or whatever so people can download it and run it on their own server.
cyphar on HN
Questions
Is the code open source
From 2 comments
Is this open source? I'd like to see how your finding replies for a single user.
gravypod on HNNice. I built a similar service for HN comments, Github stars and other small things like that a while (still running). Is your code open-source?
Chris911 on HN
Does it support plus-sign email addresses
From 1 comment
Does this support email addresses with plus signs in them?
alxndr on HN
Alternatives named
HN Notify, which went offline
From 2 comments
> Hi everyone. There used to be a site that did this, but it disappeared a few months ago, so I made HN Replies last night to fill the void. Huh; HN Notify does seem to have gone…
JoshTriplett on HNIt went down a few months back I think, came back up for a while and then went missing again.
captn3m0 on HN
hnalert.tk and hnwatcher.com
From 2 comments
Does the API have a request limit? Shameless plug for a similar service that notifies when a word is mentioned: http://hnalert.tk
zwischenzug on HNNice :). Missing from hnwatcher.com
creack on HN