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> A useful HN feature would be small space to put in a summary, like the abstract Interestingly, HN does actually save accompanying text when you submit a link
by codetrotter 5y ago
> A useful HN feature would be small space to put in a summary, like the abstract
Interestingly, HN does actually save accompanying text when you submit a link also. It just doesn’t show the text on the website.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28180298 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28180298
Personally I like it the way that it is. I think showing an accompanying text for links would allow too much for anyone posting a link to “force” everyone to read their comment on it. Leaving it so that comments must be posted separately in order to be visible in the thread makes it so that useful accompanying comments can float to the top, whereas a useless comment from the submitter sinks to the bottom while still allowing the submitted link to be voted on individually.
- omarhaneef 5y agoI guess this is really in response to all the other responses as well, but I thought the idea would be: to help people decide if they want to click the link. So the title may not be sufficiently informative to let people know if they can understand the article, are interested in it, if it is at the right technical level and so on. I think you're right that it will be abused in many instances and might not be worth it.