I was just wondering how everyone uses Hacker News within the span of a single day. Do you read every single comment related to a story they're interested in? Do you return to read any new comments? Use RSS only?<p>I'll start off with myself:<p>1) Browse through and read top stories of the day as well as the New section. I also follow links within the stories for deeper reading.<p>2) After reading stories, I'll come back and save any stories that were interesting.<p>3) I then go into my saved stories' related comments and read all every last comment.<p>4) As I read through the comments, I up-vote existing comments that, in my eyes, provide value either for myself or I see as enhancing the discussion. I very rarely down-vote.<p>5) After reading all comments, I'll then decide (rarely) to add my own comments to the discussion.<p>6) Once I've read through all of the posted comments, I usually don't return to that particular thread. It's difficult to sort out the previous comments I've already read from any new ones, relative to myself. Thoughts?<p>7) Revisit, usually browsing the main page and New section multiple times a day.
Usually check my email in the morning, then visit HN main page and browse through stuff while I consume my morning coffee. I'll check out the New section periodically throughout the day. Usually don't vote on any comments unless I said "word" aloud to myself after reading them.
These days I read YC with Opera on OSX. My build scripts have<p><pre><code> open -a Opera http://news.ycombinator.com
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at the top and<p><pre><code> open -a Opera build.out
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at the end.