[sillysaurusx]

That’s a feature, not a bug. Real time Reddit-style reply notifications encourage flamewars, or at least less thoughtful comments. I’ve even found myself falling into that trap now that I get notifications from HNReplies.

[bot403]

Hm thanks for the meta-discussion. I thought I was missing a "reply notification" setting somewhere and was meaning to go search for enabling it one day.

[rimunroe]

This was also my experience when joining the site. Nowadays I appreciate not having the notifications, but when I joined I didn’t realize there weren’t any and I missed some comments I would have preferred to respond to.

[rimunroe]

Please note I said “This is one of the few times I wish HN notified you of replies”. I’m normally glad it doesn’t notify me for that very reason.