Ask HN: Why doesn't HN have a notification system?

3 points by dragos2 12y ago ↗ HN

First of all, I don't if this has been discussed previously or not. If it has been discussed please direct me to that thread.

I often lose track of a discussion I was interested in because I simply don't get notified about any new activity in that thread (replies to my comments, new comments on thread etc.). I feel like a notification system would be a major improvement to HN.

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obayesshelton 12y ago ↗

There are feeds and a lot of people who have built an api for HN maybe you could use one of these sources for the data and build your own concept ?

Please it is the weekend.

dragos2 12y ago ↗

That's not a bad idea. Unfortunately, I don't have any free time this weekend, but I'll keep this in mind.

Anyway, if I implement it myself, it would have to be a Chrome/Firefox extension and I don't know if that would be a feasible solution.

pearjuice 12y ago ↗

Because the system powering Hacker News is horrible legacy software with a horrible architecture language-wise. Unless they are mission critical - don't expect to see improvements, new features or major updates any time soon.

dragos2 12y ago ↗

Then someone needs to build something like RES for HN.

jaredsohn 12y ago ↗

You can get notified about replies to your comments by using hnnotify.com

dragos2 12y ago ↗

Thanks. I'll give that a try.