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I would like the HN UI to have a "favorite" button equally accessible to the "upvotes" button. I know favorites are a feature, but they require clicking into t
by unethical_ban 4y ago
I would like the HN UI to have a "favorite" button equally accessible to the "upvotes" button.
I know favorites are a feature, but they require clicking into the comments. I end up using upvote as a bookmark function, not as a method of approving of a post, because that's easier.
As it relates to this post, the HN UI encourages the feedback loop this submission is trying to fix.
Put a bookmark icon next to the upvote icon. Provide a unified view of upvotes+bookmarked for a user so they can see everything that got their interest.
- jwarden 4y agoGood point, I hadn't thought that some people are using the upvote button effectively as a bookmark button. Interesting idea the unified upvotes+bookmarked view. And your comment raises the question, what does an upvote mean? Why do people upvote? There may be lots of strange reasons. But whatever upvotes mean -- whether it means people want to bookmark it, or people find it valuable, or people want to bring something they disagree with to the attention of other people -- an upvote is a rough signal of "this should get more attention". The whole concept of a link aggregator like HN only makes sense if we assume that upvotes can be interpreted as a proxy for what people think deserves the attention of other users.
- nick__m 4y agoIf something is interesting enough to be bookmarked it is surely interesting enough to be upvoted !