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Why not make it a user preference, like showdead & co? Just make it off by default.

• dang 6y ago
  There are only so many slots available for user preferences before things become much too complicated, and I don't think that one clears the bar. It's much harder to remove these things than to add them. Better not to get on the bad side of that Maxwell demon.
  • eps 6y ago
    To be honest, I'd take all the options you can throw at me. And a command line to manage them. It's HN after all. PS. Just hide them behind a karma threshold and a tickbox to acknowledge that they all are ephemeral and can disappear at will. Complications, like in mechanical watches. For people who can appreciate them, to show what's possible :)