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Re:I Still Use RSS by loup-vaillant on Thursday February 04, 2021 @09:38AM (#26025639)
> Hacker News does not provide an interface that notifies you when someone replies to you

This can't be an oversight, the feature is too obvious, too easy to implement. This has to be a deliberate choice.

Does anyone know why HN made this choice?

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Re:I Still Use RSS by thesuitonym on Thursday February 04, 2021 @10:53AM (#26026408)
I think the whole commenting system was added as an afterthought. HN is not really a discussion forum, it's a news aggregator where you can discuss posts.

I think that makes it a bit more civil.

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