alt Hacker NewsSuppose you're on HN and someone posts a link to X. Is the correct reaction
1. Pretend it isn't there. 2. Flag it and pretend it isn't there. 3. Flag it and read the content somewhere else in case it's relevant.
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simondotau • today at 10:31 AM
4. Click the link
5. Accept that you won't click on the link
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zem • today at 5:02 PM
at the very least whoever posts the link has presumably accessed it, so we should normalise pasting the full text in here
You can knowledge it's there, and just not read it. There's lots of links on the internet that I don't click.
I'm sure there are people who genuinely need to receive information that's only on that site, but personally I'm enjoying the feeling of the joy of missing out.