You can use hackersmacker.org, a browser extension I built, to highlight HN authors while reading on the web. And if the people you follow also use it, you’ll see friend-of-friends and foe-of-a-friends.

Do you think bookmarking the user's comment page https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=nonrandomstring using the built-in browser functionality would be good enough for your purpose?

Insert rant here about bloat, deteriorationg user experiences, HN possibly turning into another little social network, the cognitive load of tending to notifications, of making the little numbers on top of inbox-icons go away

Hey! I'll be in trouble if I say more, but we've actually just finished two episodes [0] on the cybershow.uk about psychology of dating apps, and human connection through tech.

[0] out next week