Discuss on HN

Join the Hacker News conversation about any page: chime in, start it if it's missing, avoid double-posts, catch replies.

Found something interesting on the web? Discuss on HN gets you into the Hacker News conversation about it. Click the icon (or press Alt+Shift+Y) on any page and a small, HN-style panel opens in the corner. ━━ CHIME IN WHERE THE CONVERSATION ALREADY IS • The Hacker News threads for the page you're on, with points, comments and age • The top comments in HN's own ranking, so you know where the discussion stands before you join • One click to "Discuss on HN" and you're in the thread ━━ AVOID DOUBLE-POSTING • Before you post, it checks whether the page is already on HN, even when the address carries tracking parameters • If it is, it sends you to the existing thread instead ━━ SEE THE WHOLE CONVERSATION • Comments elsewhere on HN that linked to this page • The most upvoted posts from the same site ━━ START IT IF IT'S MISSING • "Post to HN" opens Hacker News' own submit form with the address and a clean title filled in • Site names like "| The Verge" are trimmed, and gentle nudges follow HN's guidelines: drop the "!" and the list number, add [pdf] or [video] • You press submit yourself. The extension never posts, votes or comments for you ━━ STAY IN THE CONVERSATION A browser tab is gone the moment you close it. The icon stays in your toolbar. Set your HN username (optional) and: • The icon lights up with a count when someone replies to your recent posts or comments • The "You" tab shows new replies, earlier ones, and "+N new" comments on your recent posts • See your karma and how it moved in the last day ━━ AT YOUR PACE • Keep the panel open while threads open in background tabs, or have it close after one, two or three links • Sections remember whether you left them open ━━ PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No AI, no servers, no accounts, no analytics • No host permissions: it can't read any site on its own • Talks only to Hacker News' public APIs (its official API and hn.algolia.com search), only when you open the panel, plus a reply check every 5 minutes if you set a username • Tracking parameters and anything that looks like a token are stripped from addresses before they're looked up Website: https://discusshn.com Unofficial and open source (MIT): https://github.com/thejulez/discuss-on-hn Not affiliated with Y Combinator or Hacker News.