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Unfortunately, I can't click on your embedded link... and it's not easy to cut and paste links from my mobile device. So if people started doing this, I would
by kanamekun 13y ago
Unfortunately, I can't click on your embedded link... and it's not easy to cut and paste links from my mobile device. So if people started doing this, I would probably just stop clicking on outside links unless I was on my computer and the link looked extremely interesting.
- lisper 13y agoThat's odd, HN converts URLs to links in comments, e.g.: http://www.salon.com/2013/12/02/thanks_for_killing_the_planet_boomers/ http://www.salon.com/2013/12/02/thanks_for_killing_the_plane... It's surprising that it doesn't do so in text submissions.
- agumonkey 13y agoIt shouldn't be hard to add for pg if HNers asks for it I guess. I agree with OP's that webpage titles can't be used as-is and a text submission adding context is better than auto-titled entries.
- tehwebguy 13y agoIt's not hard to add, it is omitted on purpose
- ColinWright 13y agoThis is a specific and deliberate policy. I'm on a crappy mobile and can't search from here (HNSearch doesn't work on this browser) but you can find it if you look. I'll see if I can find it later. EDIT: Ah - it's in the FAQ: How do I make a link in a question? You can't. (This is to prevent people from using this method as a way of submitting a link, but with their comments in a privileged position at the top of the page. If you want to submit a link with comments, just submit it, then add a regular comment.) Source: http://ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html http://ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
- kbenson 13y agoThen again, he's proposing a short summary as well, so you won't have to make a choice purely on whether the link looks extremely interesting.