HN tl;dr

HN tl;dr

Mark comments as having story tl;dr

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What is HN tl;dr?
HN tl;dr is a Chrome extension that allows users to mark comments on Hackers News as tl;dr. The tl;dr comment with the most votes is promoted to the front page, providing an easy way to read today's news summary without diving into lengthy discussions. The extension is open source and licensed under GPLv2.
Stats
Users: 3
Rating: 5.00 (1)
Version: 0.0.2 (Last updated: 2012-11-27)
Creation date: 2012-11-27
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • http://hntldr:3000/*
  • http://hntldr.com/*
  • https://hntldr.com/*
  • http://api.hntldr.com/*
  • https://api.hntldr.com/*
Size: 97.33K
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Summary

Allows to mark certain comments at Hackers News as "tl;dr". tl;dr with most votes will be promoted to front page below link to original article. This way you can read today's news summary right from front page.

Extension is open source and licensed under GPLv2 license.

GitHub repo: https://github.com/hippich/chrome-hn-tldr

Safety
Risk impact

HN tl;dr is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

HN tl;dr has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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