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(recordit.co)

1 pointskhoury9y ago3 comments

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Scenario: when you are in the comment section of a post that has a URL in it, there is a link that naturally should point to the URL, but it doesn't. I have always wondered why this really annoying design choice was made. Please, can anyone enlighten me on this?

mikevin9y ago

It shows all posts that link to that domain. Your example was the only post from that domain.

tlb9y ago

The title links to the URL. The domain name links to a search for other posts from the same domain. On this page, clicking recordit.co links to a handful of stories around screen captures.

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khouryOP9y ago

mikevin9y ago

It shows all posts that link to that domain. Your example was the only post from that domain.

tlb9y ago

The title links to the URL. The domain name links to a search for other posts from the same domain. On this page, clicking recordit.co links to a handful of stories around screen captures.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse