One use case that jumps out for me is that a link sharing site can help users connect to a more functional site. Bypass paywall, login, etc. HN used to have a "

One use case that jumps out for me is that a link sharing site can help users connect to a more functional site. Bypass paywall, login, etc. HN used to have a "web" link that did this, but it was removed. Now you'll often see comments that manually link these sites. I've actually been looking [1] for an alternate HN front-end that does this (I'm not a fan of the extensions). Farside looks like an optimal way to do it. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39166043 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39166043