Ask HN: Can you save stories without upvoting them?

#1

Post by sbe » Sat, May 29, 2010, 5:07 PM UTC

I could use an extension to bookmark certain stories for reading later, but the ability to save stories without upvoting them would be great.

Is that possible?

Re: Ask HN: Can you save stories without upvoting them?

#2

Post by what » Sat, May 29, 2010, 5:14 PM UTC

Nope. It's come up a few times recently though. Guess you're stuck using one of the bazillion link saving services.

Re: Ask HN: Can you save stories without upvoting them?

#3

Post by sbe » Sat, May 29, 2010, 5:45 PM UTC

what wrote: post #2

Nope. It's come up a few times recently though. Guess you're stuck using one of the bazillion link saving services.

Thanks. Guess I'll look into one of them. Any suggestions?

Re: Ask HN: Can you save stories without upvoting them?

#4

Post by what » Sat, May 29, 2010, 8:35 PM UTC

sbe wrote: post #3

what wrote: post #2

Nope. It's come up a few times recently though. Guess you're stuck using one of the bazillion link saving services.

Thanks. Guess I'll look into one of them. Any suggestions?

I've only ever used delicious in the past. Now I either open a ton of tabs or just bookmark them. Not very practical but I only use the one computer and never turn it off.

There's a Read it Later extension for Firefox that, when it's enabled and you click a link it saves it for later and you can sync it between computers.

Or maybe Instapaper, it also comes up when I google "read later."

Re: Ask HN: Can you save stories without upvoting them?

#5

Post by sbe » Sat, May 29, 2010, 9:43 PM UTC

what wrote: post #4

sbe wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks. Guess I'll look into one of them. Any suggestions?

I've only ever used delicious in the past. Now I either open a ton of tabs or just bookmark them. Not very practical but I only use the one computer and never turn it off. There's a Read it Later extension for Firefox that, when it's enabled and you click a link it saves it for later and you can sync it between computers. Or maybe Instapaper, it also comes up when I google "read later."

I chose Instapaper with the InstaChrome extension. I tried Read It Later several months back, but never really liked it.

Thanks again!