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At least write the README yourself, it's like 4 sentences.
Does anybody have a master list of all of the projects that implemented this (or something very similar) over the years? It's got to be a pretty long list by now.

The weird part is, there seems to be enough demand for this that these keep popping up, but not so much that any of them ever hang around.

Can we get one which scans for downvotes on comments which are either positive or in anyway against any dominant narrative in HN? *If you feel attacked by this comment, you know exactly what to do. Do it. Fulfill your destiny.
The type of people that always need to have the last word in discussions abuse tools like this, but thankfully there are not too many of them on HN.
I use the RSS feed of replies to my username.
It took me an embarrassingly long time to realize that the thread link in the header shows all your recent comment threads: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=caminanteblanco

That's plenty enough to capture the 80/20 of my use case

The “Threads” link came much later; “Comments” link on your profile is there from a long time ago, or maybe since beginning. Now it’s a redirect to “Threads”.
Me too. I wonder what the other other 20% consists of. I think a huge part of it would aid continuing arguments that long outlive the productive discussion around the article.
I just want to say please no. Comment chains where two people are arguing are the worst. Negative value. I’m always confused how they happen here, are people just refreshing their comments page waiting for a reply?
Internet validation is worth gold to the mentally destitute.
I wish hacker news both

  - had notifications of comments on threads
  - let you comment on very old posts 
I recently discovered someone on HN in 2014 commenting on something I wrote in 2006 and I'd love to be able to reply AND have it seen!