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Suggestion regarding "Unknown or expired link." message

11 points by smoove ↗ HN
It would be nice if the page did not simply "die" with that message, but instead render the home page and display the message somewhere on that site. That way it would be alot easier to navigate.

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thekevan
Selfishly, I like the feature as is because it reminds me I just spent a lot of time on the front page--which could be good or bad depending on the situation.
bmm6o
Please. It's a bug, not a feature.
nametoremember
Why does it happen?
mukyu
Everything is done with continuations and if you wait too long your's gets GC'd.
b1twise_
I'm having it happen to me more and more often recently. There are situations.also, where it can be a huge hassle. I was reading over GPRS a couple of weeks ago and could barely get beyond the first page without hitting the error.
tadhunt
this problem is happening all the time for me now.