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Ask HN: Add ability to bookmark posts?
10 points by pdonis on Aug 1, 2014 | hide | past | favorite | 8 comments
Would other HN users find it useful to be able to "bookmark" posts? That is, to be able to mark the post so that it shows up on a user-specific list, like the "threads" list, but without having to make a comment on the post (since that requires one either to think up a substantive comment to make, or to make a throwaway comment and risk having it downvoted).


HN actually has this feature! It seems to not be that widely known. From your profile page, click "saved stories". In your case that takes you to: https://news.ycombinator.com/saved?id=pdonis (you can only view your own). This has a list of all stories you've upvoted.

Now you might ask: why can't I upvote a story but not bookmark it, or vice versa? I think merging these functions encourages desirable behavior (or would, if more people used it): it encourages thinking "is this story interesting enough to bookmark?" vs. "do I agree with / want to promote this story?" When I find myself wanting to upvote a story but not bookmark it, often I reconsider if I really want to upvote it. Many times those kinds of stories are of transient interest or political, and I really want to upvote as an "agree" but don't think the story is of significant enough long-term interest to clutter my HN "saved stories" bookmarks with it. In which case I then don't upvote it after all.

edit: Oops I see you're the person I replied to in the other thread as well. But leaving this comment here anyway so other people can find the functionality.


> From your profile page, click "saved stories"

I responded to you in the other thread, but I'll briefly recap here as well: it would be really nice if there were a link to the "saved stories" page in the top bar, next to "threads" (it could just say "saved" there to save space).

> you might ask: why can't I upvote a story but not bookmark it, or vice versa?

I was going to ask that, but you already responded. :-)


I agree that this would be a nice feature if it wouldn't be too much trouble.

I have a million HN bookmarks (and add a dozen more every day) and a "save" method would be very convenient.

Many times I'll drag the "X comments" link to my bookmarks when there is a post that links anywhere (most posts) and the title for those bookmarks are "X comments" which is useless.

+1 for the Save/Bookmark feature!


Pocket (http://getpocket.com) has worked well for me, for quite a long time now. Highly recommended.


What's wrong with your browser bookmarks, or the more general bookmarking services (like HN's favourite, pinboard)


I'd love that, I imagine it would look exactly like the user-specific submissions page.


There are a few HN extensions out there that could support this feature.


incase you love sharing HN stuff with your team then we have http://teamgum.com that can solve this for you




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