I’m the type that only runs arch because I can’t be bothered to run Gentoo ;)

Anyway, for posting on a public forum it’s pretty useless, as it provides no benefit and requires the users to have JS enabled, which is, especially on Hacker News, not really a given.

Even the mods complained when an up1.ca link was used as submission link recently.

Using a standard protocol would be an advantage here most definitely.