Is there any way to subscribe to a specific post, and get updates when someone replies?

I hope this is the right community to post in.

This is one functionality from Reddit I find myself missing quite a bit. Is there any way I can subscribe to a single post (that I didn't make) and get a notification whenever someone comments? I'm on Connect for Lemmy, but maybe a different app would offer this?

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antik@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 2y (1 reply)

No that option doesn't exist in Lemmy for now.

LeftRedditOnJul1@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

Ah, that's a shame. Thanks for answering!

Die4Ever@programming.dev · 19 pts · 2y
mark@programming.dev · 9 pts · 2y (2 replies)

If you use RSS feeds, you can use Open RSS. For instance you can subscribe to the comments on this post using this feed:

https://openrss.org/lemmy.world/post/4010300

maegul@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Huh! That implies that it wouldn't be too hard to provide notifications then, right?

codapine@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y

Seems like the server side infrastructure is already there, and the clients just need to integrate it. It's not as simple as an API call though but I guess it utilizes the Don't Repeat Yourself and keep it simple (stupid) software development principles. Would be good to see this implemented

nieceandtows@programming.dev · 2 pts · 2y

Lemmios has a remind feature that reminds you about a post after a while.