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2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
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HN comment orderHi everyone. There used to be a site that did this, but it disappeared a few months ago, so I made HN Replies last night to fill the void. I check HN's API for new comments every 10 minutes, and send an e-mail notification when a new reply to one of your comments shows up. This is what the notification mail will look like: http://i.imgur.com/f8jaAm8.png
Or follow yourself on RSS https://hnrss.org/replies?id=
I wasn’t aware of this service until someone mentioned it in this Ask HN question I posted earlier today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30977112 . Thanks for sharing as it is a good solution to comment reply notifications.
FWIW I know there are a bunch of other "HN notification" sites. dang has previously commented why he doesn't think this feature fits with the ethos of HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27901918 Also for the privacy conscious, hnreplies had a data breach in 2021, making public the link from email address to HN username: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26968908
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 408
- Total comments
- 194
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking