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What is different about this versus navigating to the next page? It's this like a down vote?

• tpmx 3y ago
  There's a '/snip-story?id=...' request sent to HN when you do it. The response is the metadata about the story that is slipped in at the end of the page. So maybe?
  • krapp 3y ago
    No, it's not a downvote, it literally just hides the story and comments. Dang added it a while ago. It was supposed to help quell some of the rancor around here, and complaints about certain stories not being "HN worthy," etc. But this place is also subject to heavy feature-blindness so maybe not a lot of people noticed it.
    • bhandziuk 3y ago
      So it's useful if your homepage doesn't cycle itself fast enough for your tastes?
      • krapp 3y ago
        Yes, but just reading the other pages would be more useful. HN isn't meant to provide a constant endorphine drip of distractions like other sites, because the average quality here tends to be inversely proportional to posting velocity.