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Re:Ask HN: How to “subscribe” to comments in a specific post? by episteme on Friday December 16, 2022 @09:13AM (#34014629)
Something existing for a long time says nothing about whether it is positive or not.
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Re:Ask HN: How to “subscribe” to comments in a specific post? by TylerLives on Friday December 16, 2022 @09:20AM (#34014717)
It was positive enough for people to use it for a long time, while having the ability to change it and not doing so. Surely that means something?
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Re:Ask HN: How to “subscribe” to comments in a specific post? by throwaway71271 on Friday December 16, 2022 @09:28AM (#34014819)
it does not mean it was positive, people do a lot of things since the dawn of time (slavery for example).

the fact that something was used for a long time means only that it was used for a long time, and everything else is up for interpretation.

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Re:Ask HN: How to “subscribe” to comments in a specific post? by sheusndudn on Friday December 16, 2022 @10:13AM (#34015405)
this dang?
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Re:Ask HN: How to “subscribe” to comments in a specific post? by ctxc on Friday December 16, 2022 @02:28PM (#34018958)
Most of its usage is on platforms where engagement is how they make money. Any kind of engagement. Considering flamewars, nitpicking and arguments are goldmines that capture user attention, it's in the platform's best interest to draw attention to threads via notifications.

Is this the right thing for HN? I don't know. But they've decided it's worth the trade off, I think.

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