Save Hacker News Discussions to Notion 2025 – Never Lose a Gem Again 🚀

Hacker News is the single highest signal-to-noise tech community on the internet.
One killer comment can change your entire product direction… but it disappears from the front page in hours.

Here’s exactly how to capture entire threads, individual comments, and Ask HN posts into Notion in under 3 seconds – with perfect formatting, source links, and searchable metadata.

Quick Overview ⚡

Time Required: 4 minutes
Difficulty: Beginner
What You’ll Learn: Save any HN discussion, comment, or Show HN with one right-click

Why This Matters in 2025

40%+ of YC founders read HN daily
The best startup advice lives in comment sections, not blog posts
Most people bookmark → forget → lose forever
Your future self will thank you when you can instantly retrieve that one comment from 2023 that solved your scaling problem

Prerequisites ✅

Chrome / Edge / Brave with Notion Highlights installed
Free Notion account
Optional: Notion database ready for “HN Archive”

Step-by-Step Guide (3 Seconds Per Save)

Step 1 → Open Any HN Thread

Navigate to news.ycombinator.com and find a discussion worth keeping.

Step 2 → Highlight What Matters

Click and drag to select:

A single killer comment
Multiple comments
The original post + top 5 replies
Just the title + link (pro tip: add your own takeaway)

Step 3 → Right-Click → Save to Notion

That’s it. No popups. No sidebar. No extra clicks.

Step 4 → Choose Destination (Optional)

First save? It asks once where you want items. After that → fully automatic.

Step 5 → Done – Formatting 100% Preserved

Orange links stay clickable
Code blocks keep syntax
Nested replies stay indented
Author + timestamp automatically added

Pro Tips from Power Users 🔥

Save the top comment separately with your own “Why this matters” note
Use keyboard shortcut ⌥⌘H (Mac) or Alt+Shift+H (Windows) for zero-click saves
Tag every save with #hn #startup #scaling #funding while it’s fresh
Create a “HN Gold” database view filtered by your 5-star ratings

Recommended Notion Database Setup

Create one central “Hacker News Archive” database with these properties:

| Property | Type | Purpose | |----------------|------------------|--------------------------------------| | Title | Title | Auto-filled | | URL | URL | Preserved automatically | | Author | Text | From HN | | Score | Number | HN points | | Date Saved | Date | Auto | | My Rating | Select | 1–5 stars | | Tags | Multi-select | #founder #dev #ai #crypto etc. | | Takeaway | Text | Your 1-sentence insight | | Project | Relation | Link to your active projects |

Real Example – Saved in 3 Seconds

“Ask HN: How did you go from $0 to $10k MRR?”
→ Highlighted top 8 answers → right-click → saved with all formatting + authors in 3.1 seconds.

Six months later? Instant retrieval when mentoring your first batch of founders.

Common Questions Answered

Q: Can I save the entire thread?
A: Yes – just select all (⌘A) and right-click.

Q: Do replies stay nested?
A: 100% – indentation and reply structure preserved.

Q: What about dead links later?
A: Source URL + full text = future-proof.

Next Level: Automate Everything

Use Notion Highlights + Notion automation:

New HN save → auto-add to “Inbox” → weekly review → move to permanent archive.

Final Verdict

If you read Hacker News daily and you’re not saving the best threads → you’re throwing away your most expensive education.

Start today. Your 2030 self will thank you.

👉 Add Notion Highlights Free – 30 saves/month, no card required