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Ask HN: Can the Hacker News maintainers darken the user submission body text?

26 points by zappo2938 ↗ HN
The text of the body of user submitted stories is very light and difficult to read. Is it possible to darken it a couple shades for legibility?

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gremlinsinc
probably not, don't think they make frequent updates.. but you can use stylish plugin to change CSS on hackernews or any site really.
gus_massa
It's on purpose to discourage that type of submissions. The links in the text are not converted to real links. And also, these submissions have a penalty so it's more difficult for them to reach the front page. If possible, I recommend using a normal submission.

Anyway, if you want an official reply from the mods, try writing an email to hn@ycombinator.com

kgtm
You gain flexibility by letting your browser handle such things. Have a look at Stylus https://github.com/openstyles/stylus, which is a privacy-conscious fork of Stylish for Chrome, also compatible with Firefox as a WebExtension.