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by rustc 1913 days ago
I wish HN had a way to save a story without upvoting it or showing it publicly on your profile (the "favorite" feature implemented right now), like Reddit's "Save". Many times I'm interested in something to check out later but it's not something worth upvoting (like this story, based on other comments) and I want my interests to stay private.
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This issue is better solved externally - using a bookmark manager. It would allow you to have all your "read later" links in one place rather than being scattered over different websites. Personally I use Safari's reading list feature for that.
Quite a few people were unhappy when twitter renamed "favorite" to "like" because they had used it as a bookmark and did not want to imply advocacy. Seems like both intents could be supported fairly easily.
I recommend Instapaper or Pocket. They’re cheap, but worth it