Ask HN: Meta: HN Commentary

I'm a recent-lurker-and-signee; with the negativity and doom-scrolling that's so pervasive in our modern discourse, I'd like to kick off this thread on a positive note!

Moreover, recent signees might benefit from seeing discussions about the UX of HN for a couple of reasons. It would help spread knowledge about the features that come with familiarity, and provide some explicit notions of reasonable UX design for new UX designers.

*What do you like about HN?*

I'm a fan of HN's user-centric design. I really appreciate the favorites feature in particular, specifically about how favoriting a thread brings you to your favorites. It's a very functional bookmark system.

*What would you like to see improved?*

There are only two features I wish HN had: a way to remove the karma counts, and some method to receive notice about replies to comments/submissions. There's probably a way to cobble these features together, it would just be nice to have natively.

Wishing everyone and your loved ones the best! Hope y'all are having a good day, and stay safe :)