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Ask HN: What do people think of the idea of HN not showing already viewed links?

by johnobrien1010 on 10/31/23, 12:33 AM with 3 comments

Specifically, if you are a logged in user, and have already visited or commented on a post, if someone later posts that same link again, HN doesn’t show it in your list of recent upvoted posts?

  • by rmb177 on 10/31/23, 12:57 AM

    I made a chrome extension for myself that does this:

    https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-saw-it...

    Edit: Oops didn't really read your question. So this isn't exactly what you're looking for, but I still find it useful.

  • by simonblack on 10/31/23, 5:19 AM

    I've always thought that a better idea would be for HN to not permit an article already posted to be posted again until at least a week (preferably a month!) has passed.

    I'm always annoyed to see the same article posted half a dozen times or so within the space of a day. That also splits up the comments so that most are never seen.

  • by booboofixer on 10/31/23, 12:55 AM

    That's interesting. Could it be a chrome extension? I was thinking of a chrome extension that would hide links on either hn or lobste.rs depending on where you see it second.