A little indicator up by your name would be a good idea, and presumably wouldn't be too difficult. Adding email into the mix would further complicate things, likely more than pg has time for (and honestly, I kind of like the simplicity of this site).
Re:HN Notify
by wallflower on Saturday October 05, 2013 @06:08AM
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> You'd think that something like that would've been done at some point during all that time by some interns or something by now
Just in case you didn't know, the guy who helps manage the site is RTM. Yes, RTM.
There's no little indicator, however you can click the "threads" link up at the top to see all of your comments and their replies.
came here to say that
> Does something similar to that get unlocked here with enough karma?
not... yet...
YC definitely does not have interns
Ok, but I doubt PG still hand-codes every update to the site himself, and such small features don't seem like they would require a high ranking staff member to implement them either, which was kinda my point.
I totally get that, it's the reason I mentioned the 7-year time window though. You'd think that something like that would've been done at some point during all that time by some interns or something by now, even if it was a super low priority. I'm guessing that "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" philosophy must just be really strong with PG in that case. Or possibly have some deeper reasoning like you mentioned.
> Reddit does not send notifications on comment replies either.
It doesn't send out notifications to your email or whatever, but it does still have a little inbox notification that lights up when you get new replies. Does something similar to that get unlocked here with enough karma? If that's the case, then I wouldn't know...