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1 point by eds 6127 days ago | link | parent

Hmmm... that seems rather inconsistent to me. Why would links in initial submissions not be automatically converted to links?


4 points by tokipin 6126 days ago | link

probably to discourage commenting about URL submissions, which would confuse voting for the article (nice URL, shitty comment,) give a higher presentation priority to the submitter's comment, muddy up the analysis of the URL, and prematurely guide conversation

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4 points by cchooper 6127 days ago | link

Maybe to encourage people to use the url submission feature, rather than putting the link in the text? (just a guess)

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