[dabent]

I find that I use my "favorites" on my browser a lot, then change computers and don't have the links I stored.

Google and Bing are very good at what they do, but there are certain articles/how-tos and such that I find very useful to keep around without having to remember the exact query I used to pull them up on Google. Also, search results change over time, so that blog article I loved might not score on the search engines like it did last year.

Bookmarking sites also offer some of the functionality a site like HN does, with popular/recent links coming in over time.

That's what I think is important, anyway.

[bbuffone]

I have never had more then a 5 favorites, unless it is something I go to everyday (google analytics) then it doesn't get added.

Also browsers have great autocomplete. If I want to go to hackers news. I hit "n" in the url bar and I am there.