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In the article: "Include the link in the body of your post. It won't be hotlinked, but don't worry about that. Do not include it as the "URL" part of your post,
by dclaysmith 16y ago
In the article: "Include the link in the body of your post. It won't be hotlinked, but don't worry about that. Do not include it as the "URL" part of your post, some people consider that bad form."
Is that true? It seems that there are as many posts utilizing the URL field as without and I've never seen any chastising about the practice. Posts w/o a URL move off the site faster (right?) so there would be a definitely advantage to linking to the new site in question.
- pkamb 16y agoMoves off the site faster at the expense of not having an easy path back to the comments page. And unless you do a quick "description in the first post" I like the extra HN-tailored info that we get in the description, rather than a blind link to something.