[Ianvdl]

In that case I wonder if we can't solve the problem in the community, e.g. by requiring a [sound] tag in the title or something. I enjoyed this link and there is a risk of people downvoting it for the sound alone that might cause interesting links like it to be removed in the future.

[icebraining]

I'd prefer [autoplay], but I support the idea!

[DanBC]

I sometimes post links to BBC Radio programmes. I tag those with [audio], but they are not autoplaying.

HN: should I continue to tag those?

I haven't ever submitted anything with autoplaying audio, but I imagine I'd use [autoplay] or similar.

[JadeNB]

> In that case I wonder if we can't solve the problem in the community, e.g. by requiring a [sound] tag in the title or something. I enjoyed this link and there is a risk of people downvoting it for the sound alone that might cause interesting links like it to be removed in the future.

Solving it in the community can solve the problem of people unwittingly stumbling upon it from here, but it doesn't solve the bigger problem, which is that autoplay is rude. (Surely we've all had the experience of not being able to find the tab from the huge group we just opened that's playing the sound.) It's good if sites see that they get fewer visitors with autoplay than without.