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		vertis on June 10, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Read all Medium stories for free I don't understand the requirement to have either a link or text. Surely it would make more sense to allow someone to explain WHY they're posting something and still have the link be clickable.

detaro on June 10, 2019 [–]

AFAIK so people don't get to post a link and have their take on it stand above all other discussion.

swapagarwal on June 10, 2019 | [–]

I never really dived into it but this seems plausible. :)

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