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Re:Ask HN: Why doesn't HN alert users in some manner to new ... by jb1991 on Thursday February 17, 2022 @09:19AM (#30373293)
there's this: https://www.hnreplies.com I understand it is built by an HN moderator, actually, so somewhat endorsed.
Re:Ask HN: Why doesn't HN alert users in some manner to new ... by kevincox on Thursday February 17, 2022 @10:28AM (#30374091)
I use hnreplies and quite like it. Another option is https://hnrss.github.io/#reply-feeds which gives you a feed of replies to a user (quite possibly yourself). The RSS option is of course more flexible because you can do whatever you want with the feed but I just read my RSS via email anyways so I just use hnreplies. IIUC it is also faster because it is polling for everyone quite frequently whereas individually polling the RSS feed I would probably do it at a lower interval.
Re:Ask HN: Why doesn't HN alert users in some manner to new ... by consumer451 on Thursday February 17, 2022 @09:21AM (#30373321)
also this chrome extension was mentioned 10 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26590720
Re:Ask HN: Why doesn't HN alert users in some manner to new ... by pvg on Thursday February 17, 2022 @10:53AM (#30374397)
that thing steals your session cookie without much asking or explaining
Re:Ask HN: Why doesn't HN alert users in some manner to new ... by consumer451 on Thursday February 17, 2022 @02:13PM (#30377283)
Ooof, sorry for posting it then. Would delete or edit if I could.
Re:Ask HN: Why doesn't HN alert users in some manner to new ... by pvg on Thursday February 17, 2022 @02:39PM (#30377653)
I don't there's anything deliberately evil about it, it just happens to be effectively credentials harvesting - your auth cookie ends up on someone else's server. If they get compromised, all those HN accounts get compromised. Some people might be ok with that risk, if aware of it.
Re:Ask HN: Why doesn't HN alert users in some manner to new ... by tptacek on Thursday February 17, 2022 @10:08AM (#30373845)
I believe Dan Gackle is the only public HN moderator, and that this isn't really endorsed.
Re:Ask HN: Why doesn't HN alert users in some manner to new ... by OJFord on Thursday February 17, 2022 @10:18AM (#30373963)
And Scott 'sctb' Bell. Don't think he comments as much though (at least, that I notice/in threads I read). (Oh or actually.. not active since 2019? Maybe you're right.)
Re:Ask HN: Why doesn't HN alert users in some manner to new ... by Tomte on Thursday February 17, 2022 @11:34AM (#30375007)
Scott left some time ago.
Re:Ask HN: Why doesn't HN alert users in some manner to new ... by jb1991 on Thursday February 17, 2022 @10:12AM (#30373888)
and I believe that Dan created the site in question, which is sorta an endorsement of sorts:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27555072

Re:Ask HN: Why doesn't HN alert users in some manner to new ... by tptacek on Thursday February 17, 2022 @10:13AM (#30373900)
Different Dan.
Re:Ask HN: Why doesn't HN alert users in some manner to new ... by dang on Thursday February 17, 2022 @03:05PM (#30377969)
It was built by a different Dan G. but I'm happy to somewhat endorse it.
Re:Ask HN: Why doesn't HN alert users in some manner to new ... by ashtuchkin on Thursday February 17, 2022 @02:17PM (#30377338)
Amazing how simple it is! Kudos to the author, subscribed.
Re:Ask HN: Why doesn't HN alert users in some manner to new ... by samanator on Thursday February 17, 2022 @10:55AM (#30374429)
Thank you for posting this. Signed up!