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Ask HN: Add ability to bookmark posts?

10 points by pdonis ↗ HN
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).

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walterbell
There are a few HN extensions out there that could support this feature.
dm2
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!

pjc50
What's wrong with your browser bookmarks, or the more general bookmarking services (like HN's favourite, pinboard)
thisjepisje
I'd love that, I imagine it would look exactly like the user-specific submissions page.
_delirium
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.

pdonis
> 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. :-)