11 votes

Proposal: show link metadata on the post's page itself

If you look at a given ~--say, ~misc--you'll see wordcount next to article links, and runtime next to video links. But if you go to a specific post--like this one, that information is gone. Generally, the way I use tildes or other link aggregators is to click on a bunch of links and then cycle through them; by the time I got to that particular post, the index page I got it from was long gone and I'd forgotten how long it was. Can we show those metadata on the post itself?

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    Deimos
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    Yes, I'm definitely intending to do this. I'd actually like to show even more on the topic's page itself. I'm already collecting some info that would be nice to be able to see, but I don't think...

    Yes, I'm definitely intending to do this. I'd actually like to show even more on the topic's page itself. I'm already collecting some info that would be nice to be able to see, but I don't think is worth showing on the listing pages. For example, I usually have the info about who the author for most articles is, but it's not being displayed anywhere.

    11 votes
    1. unknown user
      Link Parent
      Seeing "Nilay Patel, The Verge" or "Walt Mossberg, The Wall Street Journal" next to the site favicon would be so awesome compared to just "bloomberg.com" or "daringfireball.net". Definitely in...

      Seeing "Nilay Patel, The Verge" or "Walt Mossberg, The Wall Street Journal" next to the site favicon would be so awesome compared to just "bloomberg.com" or "daringfireball.net". Definitely in favour of this change when you get time to implement.

      7 votes