Ask HN: Why doesn't HN ask to confirm hiding posts?

1•ludamn•1mo ago

I think the title says all, it's a bit annoying when you're scrolling on a mobile device and accidentally hit the "hide" action

There's no confirmation for it, and if you don't pay attention you won't even know it happened.

I'm not saying we need any fancy component, just the native browser confirmation dialog would do wonders

Comments

PaulHoule•1mo ago

I do it sometimes and usually notice that I did it and reverse it. I do with the flag button too.

compressedgas•1mo ago

You can see your hidden posts at https://news.ycombinator.com/hidden

ludamn•1mo ago

I know about that, but it's usually a good UX practice to ask users for confirmation when they try performing destructive actions.

An analogy would be pressing delete on a file in your OS of choice, you can see the deleted file in the trash bin, but before it's moved there you'll be prompted for confirmation anyways (or in more modern OSes a notification/toast shows to let you indo the action if performed by accident)

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