[pbowyer]

Re Chrome extension, I was thinking the same thing. There's a lot of rubbish posted here but also some gems - ESP from the older members I think, who have been sys admins or used Unix since the '90s or earlier. I keep a notebook of the most useful comments and bookmark others.

So a Chrome extension to filter again (eg tag comment as "technical", "ideology" and see what others do) could be v interesting.

Unfortunately the most thoughtful, most civil comment threads, seem to disappear the fastest off the home page - and attract the fewest participants. This could be a community issue or a chicken and egg situation...

[DigitalSea]

There is a similar plugin for Reddit called the Reddit Enhancement Suite, it's a pretty well made plugin, so maybe a plugin along the lines of HN Enhancement Suite where it kind of tidies and fixes things up would be somewhat cool.

Definitely agree about the disappearing gems in the comments section. Being able to follow users would be cool as well, their comments would be moved and highlighted with a particular follow colour.

I am liking the sound of this.