[gdmka]

The main problem with why mobile apps aren't very convenient is that even on Octal, in heated debates on HN it becomes extremely difficult to read nested comment threads. Personally, I lack focus when a parent comment generates a comment tree with deep nesting on the web, let alone on mobile clients.

What's really missing is a userscript like on imageboards where under each comment there's a link showing who replied to it, with auto expansion preview of in depth reply hierarchy. But honestly, it's not that hard to do now. Just give the task to Codex or Claude Code.

For those seeking ways to track replies to their messages, HNRSS[0] exists.

I don't even visit HN, I just pull the filtered RSS feed, and engage where I feel I'm interested or can provide value.

[0]: https://hnrss.github.io/#reply-feeds