In this post, I will talk about how to get Hacker News notifications for comments on subscribed threads. Hacker News Comments Notifier is a free Chrome extension that helps you get the notification for the new comments on any subscribed HN’s threads. After installing it, it keeps watching the threads you subscribe and it also keeps watching for new comments. When a new comment is posted then you will see it on its icon. It shows a notification balloon for the newly posted comment as well. By default, it checks for new comments after every 10 minutes.
If you are a regular user of Hacker News then you know this fact that HN hasn’t implemented a system for notifying you about new comments. But if you really want to get the comment notifications from an HN thread, then you can use the Chrome extension that I have mentioned in this post. Just keep subscribing the threads while this extension is installed in your browser. And it will keep showing the status of new comments by throwing notifications. Also, you can see the count of unread comments on its icon.
How to Get Hacker News Notifications for Comments on Subscribed Threads?
Hacker News Comments Notifier is a very simple Chrome extension that you can use to get notifications for new comments in an HN thread. And you don’t have to do a sign up or registration to use this. Just install this extension from Chrome store and then start subscribing to threads. Go to any thread on Hacker News page and then click on the subscribe option. It will keep adding list of threads that you have subscribed.
Now, when a new comment will be posted in any of the subscribed thread, it will show you a notification balloon. It checks for new comments in every 10 minutes. And you can click on the notification balloon to reach the main page of the thread when you can read the new comments. Also, you will see the count of new comment in the icon of this Chrome extension. See the screenshot below.
In this way, you can use this free Chrome extension, Hacker News Comments Notifier. Just install this extension and start receiving the notifications for newly posted comments on subscribed HN threads. However, the only limitation of this extension is that, you will not be able to get the notifications from the threads that you subscribed before installing this extension.
Closing thoughts
Hacker News Comments Notifier is a very nice tool for the loyal users of Hacker News. You literally have to do nothing to use this extension. Just install it and keep subscribing to the different HN threads. And you will automatically start receiving the notifications for new comments. Also, when you no longer have interest in any thread, simply unsubscribe it from the interface of the tool.
Get Hacker News Notifications for Comments on Subscribed Threads free.
