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Could this be why most Ask HN posts are desaturated? I always wondered why that was the case.
by TwelveNights 6y ago
Could this be why most Ask HN posts are desaturated? I always wondered why that was the case.
- floatingatoll 6y ago“Desaturated”?
- nerdponx 6y agoThe text color is lighter, as if the post had been downvoted.
- brudgers 6y agoOn my computer, the default color for visited links is also lighter.
- floatingatoll 6y agoThat's the 'visited link' color, which indicates that you've visited a given post's link. Posts do not change color based on votes. For posts without a link, reading the post requires still visiting the post's link, so it works out as expected from there.
- frosted-flakes 6y agoNo, the actual colour of the text on text-only posts is super light. I read somewhere a while back that it was supposed to discourage people from using it too much. Here's an example from the front page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23438930 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23438930
- floatingatoll 6y agoAh, thanks for clarifying.