Ask HN: Can the Hacker News maintainers darken the user submission body text?

Posted by zappo2938 on Monday March 19, 2018 @04:42PM
from the ask-hn dept.

The text of the body of user submitted stories is very light and difficult to read. Is it possible to darken it a couple shades for legibility?

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Re:Ask HN: Can the Hacker News maintainers darken the user s... by gus_massa on Monday March 19, 2018 @05:24PM (#16623326)

It's on purpose to discourage that type of submissions. The links in the text are not converted to real links. And also, these submissions have a penalty so it's more difficult for them to reach the front page. If possible, I recommend using a normal submission.

Anyway, if you want an official reply from the mods, try writing an email to [email protected]

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Re:Ask HN: Can the Hacker News maintainers darken the user s... by tod222 on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @03:55AM (#16626680)

WAVE (Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool) shows numerous contrast errors[1]. (Click the contrast button on the sidebar.)

[1] http://wave.webaim.org/report#/https://news.ycombinator.com/...

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Re:Ask HN: Can the Hacker News maintainers darken the user s... by kgtm on Monday March 19, 2018 @05:43PM (#16623511)

You gain flexibility by letting your browser handle such things. Have a look at Stylus https://github.com/openstyles/stylus, which is a privacy-conscious fork of Stylish for Chrome, also compatible with Firefox as a WebExtension.

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Re:Ask HN: Can the Hacker News maintainers darken the user s... by gremlinsinc on Monday March 19, 2018 @05:17PM (#16623279)

probably not, don't think they make frequent updates.. but you can use stylish plugin to change CSS on hackernews or any site really.

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