Ask HN: How do I know when someone replies to a comment?

[erikt]

On Reddit there is an envelop which turns orange but on Hacker News I don't see any of that. Do I have to just keep checking manually?

[t0]

http://hnnotify.com/

[erikt → t0]

Thank you! I wish Hacker News natively added this. I don't think they ever will because I guess they want to keep this website as minimalistic as possible.

[erikt]

I've tried voting up other people's articles here but all numbers remain the same. Is it because I'm new here? How long until I'm able to vote?

I would start a new thread but HN says I'm submitting too fast.

[LarryMade2]

You could always look in the threads section... That's what I do.