Poll: Hacker News to send emails on discussion thread

3 points by satyajit 17y ago ↗ HN

Many good discussions here, but its hard to keep track of through 'thread' or 'comments' feature. Why can't HN send an email everytime someone responds to a thread I am part of, or to a post that I made? Apparently the only posts that gets more discussion are the controversial ones (like the currently hot 'Mike Arrington got pissed!'). I would like to see more activity on other tech topics as well, and email will certainly help.

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tdavis 17y ago ↗

For many people, the only way this would be sustainable would be to offer digests. Being emailed "everytime [sic] someone responds to a thread I am a part of, or a post I made" would be a complete nightmare.

satyajit 17y ago ↗

Thanks - I added that as an option. And I believe, this should be configurable, so people who choose one way (digest/email) or no way, should be able to set it.

konsl 17y ago ↗

Alternatively, you could use BackType Subscriptions to do this, as well as follow threads you're not participating in:

http://www.backtype.com/subscriptions

We have a bookmarklet too -- so adding subscriptions can be less painful.