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LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
7 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score +0.45.
Idea: 4 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Useful alternatives exist for HN reply notifications, and people use them.
From 4 comments
I use the HN email reply notification by Dan Grossman. http://www.hnreplies.com/ It find it would be impossible to maintain a useful discussion that lasts longer than just a few…
alkonaut on HNPower of good old bash scripts. Nicely done. Of course as another poster mentioned, we have the hnreplies.com service as well. But what's the fun in that when you can hack your…
codegeek on HNI use the RSS version of this service: https://hnrss.org/replies?id=ggerganov
WithinReason on HNIf you use Telegram, I wrote a reply bot that's extremely easy to use: https://gitlab.com/stavros/hn-reply-bot Just send it your username and it'll notify you on reply.
stavros on HN
Objections
Notifications for replies can encourage drawn-out arguments; some prefer not to be notified.
From 2 comments
In some cases this can cause a user to miss a reply in a discussion in which they had participated recently. Some users consider this to be a feature rather than a deficiency.…
mindcrime on HNI think it’s better when you have to remember to go back and check for replies. Why would you want to entertain a petty argument that you can’t even remember
supperburg on HN
Alternatives named
hnreplies.com by Dan Grossman
From 1 comment
I use the HN email reply notification by Dan Grossman. http://www.hnreplies.com/ It find it would be impossible to maintain a useful discussion that lasts longer than just a few…
alkonaut on HN
hn-reply-bot Telegram bot
From 1 comment
If you use Telegram, I wrote a reply bot that's extremely easy to use: https://gitlab.com/stavros/hn-reply-bot Just send it your username and it'll notify you on reply.
stavros on HN
hnrss.org replies RSS feed
From 1 comment
I use the RSS version of this service: https://hnrss.org/replies?id=ggerganov
WithinReason on HN
Hacki HN reader app
From 1 comment
recently been working on a HN reader which includes in app notifications when users have new replies. But I’m doing this the dumb way though, I select 15 latest stories/comments…
livinglist on HN