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HN itself could really do with a description of 200 char to go under the link title, serving as a summary and contextualizing the title if it's inadequately inf
by theoh 10y ago
HN itself could really do with a description of 200 char to go under the link title, serving as a summary and contextualizing the title if it's inadequately informative. Timothy Gowers' Brexit blog post is an example of a non-clickbait title that just was not informative.
- germinalphrase 10y agoAgreed. I often find myself clicking directly through to comments to gauge whether it is worth my time to read the article. An (optional) 200 char. summary would likely increase my willingness to actually take a look at the source article.