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It's certainly a useful bookmarklet, but I worry that reducing the amount of work required to post a link will result in a much larger number of links being pos
by jknupp 16y ago
It's certainly a useful bookmarklet, but I worry that reducing the amount of work required to post a link will result in a much larger number of links being posted, further diluting the "new" page.
I kind of like knowing that the person submitting a link had to do more than just click a button on their link bar to get the story posted to HN.
- aston 16y agoThis bookmarklet's been around for ages. Odds are you've upvoted tons of stories submitted using it. The quality of the linked content is what matters, not whether the submitter took the extra 30 seconds to copy and paste the title.
- bootload 16y ago"... The quality of the linked content is what matters, not whether the submitter took the extra 30 seconds to copy and paste the title. ..." But @jknupp has a point. Simple tools in the hands of the responsible if fine. It only takes one or two irresponsible users.
- dpritchett 16y agoThis is somewhat true. I farmed a few hundred karma last week combining the HN bookmarklet with Reddit's new+rising search to pick up a handful of promising headlines on a weekday morning. I felt smart until I realized that HN karma is its own reward. Now I'm back to mostly commenting.
- iamwil 16y agoI've used it for over two years.