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It took me an embarrassingly long time to realize that the thread link in the header shows all your recent comment threads: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=caminanteblanco

That's plenty enough to capture the 80/20 of my use case

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Me too. I wonder what the other other 20% consists of. I think a huge part of it would aid continuing arguments that long outlive the productive discussion around the article.

The “Threads” link came much later; “Comments” link on your profile is there from a long time ago, or maybe since beginning. Now it’s a redirect to “Threads”.

And not to be confused with the “comments” link in the header that takes you to a page of newest comments site-wide: https://news.ycombinator.com/newcomments

I’m amazed it still works. Imagine having a page showing every single new Reddit comment site-wide.


I don't understand what you mean.

Should I update the instructions so something is more clear?

Also what is the other 20%?


> Should I update the instructions so something is more clear?

I believe they are referring to the "threads" link in the header of HN pages for an authenticated request. Can't say what the 20% is, of course. As for the 80%, it's a pull instead of a push but that page shows logged-in users their recent comments and the reply threads for them.


Sorry for any ambiguity, I meant the HackerNews header link, and for me the 20 is that I'm not sure if that link shows replies to submissions I make. Your project looks awesome, and like a great solution for people looking for push notifications.

Yes, the badge on the icon was counting the replies to my comments and posts as it was important them. What is the other 20%?

I don't mean the 80/20 of your project, I mean of my use case. It looks like HNswered would be able to handle pretty close to all 100% of my use case.

But the nature of the 80/20 analogy is that oftentimes the 80 is good enough for most




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