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Ask HN: Wouldn't be great to have a click counter on the links in HN?

1 points by gdsdfe ↗ HN
Shouldn't be hard to implement and I think it would be beneficial. No?

4 comments

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qnsi
I don’t see how that would be beneficial. Would make clickbait articles more prominent
Insanity
I don't really see the benefit either. Why would it help?
ThrowawayR2
Not really. The comment counter is more than enough information as to whether a link has anything interesting to say.
zzo38computer
I think not. Click/download counters like that are not so helpful; it only mean many people looked, not if it is any good or not, or what you have to say.