Comment by jasonthorsness

5 days ago

Another great use of the HN API! It would be nice to filter it somehow to threads where I have commented, sometimes I don't notice until days later that someone replied to me.

To shill my own use of the API:

I did an animated "replay" view for historical threads like Rust 1.0 launch: https://hn.unlurker.com/replay?item=9551937

And a (static, refreshable) view of recent activity grouped by topic: https://hn.unlurker.com

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onli  5 days ago

You know about https://www.hnreplies.com/ ? Sends you a mail when someone replies to your comment.

  • Imustaskforhelp  5 days ago

    Didn't know about this! Thanks, I just wish something like this was on signal or discord but maybe that's because I don't operate much mail and I really like signal...

    But anyways, just as a headsup for a moment I was confused that I wasn't getting the verification mail and I was literally going to comment it but then I got the mail just in time, so maybe to anyone out there, maybe be a bit patient as its worth it (or it could totally just be an issue from my side as I spammed it twice or maybe it got congested I am not sure)

    EDIT: It wasn't that they sent me 2 mails but rather that they sent me 1 mail and I clicked on it and then got another and I thought it was because of me spamming verification twice but it turns out that they sent me a mail because someone had responded to me :)

    Neato. I really like this.

    • onli  5 days ago

      Yeah, you need to give it a moment. In active discussions I usually see the reply before getting the notification. I guess the service needs a bit to detect responses, and then each email need a bit of time as well.