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Thanks for posting that link, I didn't spot it during my usual browsing on HN so assumed it was some sort of A/B testing going on. If Dan says it's toast then t

by Pick-A-Hill2019 6y ago

Thanks for posting that link, I didn't spot it during my usual browsing on HN so assumed it was some sort of A/B testing going on. If Dan says it's toast then that's fine with me although even after reading 23728840 I'm still unclear what prompted it being nuked nor in what way(s) it was causing problems

oefrha 6y ago
I've seen people complaining the web button doesn't work for bypassing paywalls long before this, but that's likely because they're not aware of Google's cached copy (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23768780 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23768780). Anyway, if you want it back you should probably send an email to hn@ycombinator.com too. Two people emailing is better than one.
- Pick-A-Hill2019 6y ago
  Perhaps, although given the large volume of emails the mods must get perhaps I should explain what I used the 'Web' button for and why I found it useful. 1) When browsing I have 'Show Dead' on and after reading the front page of HN I head over to the 'New' section and take a look at the submissions there. Often there are articles in that section that are just direct copies of the original article from a different site that have been posted just to drive traffic to their (the submitters) own blog. Hitting 'Web' makes it easy to spot those and where appropriate suggest linking to the original source either via an e-mail to HN or more rarely in the comments. 2) Some of the submissions on the 'Newest' section are in a foreign language. Hitting 'Web' allows me to either just skip it or hit the ‘Flag' button. In these sorts of edge case instances knowing the source origin of the article (if any) allows me to express a more nuanced opinion or to decide when and if to flag a submission. Note - I don't (didn't?) use the Web button for any and all submissions I read or comment on but with the ones that I did use it for it allowed me to decide whether to engage, skip or flag with a single click. I accept that the way I used the 'web' button seems to be different from the way others used it and few people some to use it at all so I'm not too fussed about it being removed. I have great admiration and respect for the way the mods run HN so I'm not gonna fire them an e-mail over this but perhaps others DO use the web button and can chip in with their own feelings / use cases in a single place rather than the mods having to deal with several e-mails. Also, leaving it here allows Dan & co to link to this submission if/when it comes up in the future.

oefrha 6y ago

I've seen people complaining the web button doesn't work for bypassing paywalls long before this, but that's likely because they're not aware of Google's cached copy (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23768780 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23768780). Anyway, if you want it back you should probably send an email to hn@ycombinator.com too. Two people emailing is better than one.

Pick-A-Hill2019 6y ago
Perhaps, although given the large volume of emails the mods must get perhaps I should explain what I used the 'Web' button for and why I found it useful. 1) When browsing I have 'Show Dead' on and after reading the front page of HN I head over to the 'New' section and take a look at the submissions there. Often there are articles in that section that are just direct copies of the original article from a different site that have been posted just to drive traffic to their (the submitters) own blog. Hitting 'Web' makes it easy to spot those and where appropriate suggest linking to the original source either via an e-mail to HN or more rarely in the comments. 2) Some of the submissions on the 'Newest' section are in a foreign language. Hitting 'Web' allows me to either just skip it or hit the ‘Flag' button. In these sorts of edge case instances knowing the source origin of the article (if any) allows me to express a more nuanced opinion or to decide when and if to flag a submission. Note - I don't (didn't?) use the Web button for any and all submissions I read or comment on but with the ones that I did use it for it allowed me to decide whether to engage, skip or flag with a single click. I accept that the way I used the 'web' button seems to be different from the way others used it and few people some to use it at all so I'm not too fussed about it being removed. I have great admiration and respect for the way the mods run HN so I'm not gonna fire them an e-mail over this but perhaps others DO use the web button and can chip in with their own feelings / use cases in a single place rather than the mods having to deal with several e-mails. Also, leaving it here allows Dan & co to link to this submission if/when it comes up in the future.