Lynx

Random user-submitted links.
What is Lynx?
Lynx is a fun Chrome extension brought to you by Shout.Ninja. It lets you explore the internet by submitting and viewing interesting pages with ease. You can now post links without encountering duplicates and track the number of different links submitted. Lynx also features a dankness meter for memes and a contextual right-click menu.

Extension stats

Users: 65 ▼ -4
Rating: 4.40 (5)
Version: 0.3.0 (Last updated: 2015-07-06)
Creation date: 2015-07-06
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • background
  • notifications
  • contextMenus
Size: 654.34K

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Extension summary

Brought to you by Shout.Ninja, Lynx is a fun way to explore the internet. Submit pages that are interesting with the press of a button and view someone else's submission with the same ease.

You Spoke. We Listened. Posting links now gives a helpful message, the duplicate links are now removed, and a counter of the number of different links is located in the main popup.

Annoyed by a message popping up every time you go to a new page? Not anymore. Bug fixed.

Added a dankness meter for your memes. Now you can know how many times that page has already been submitted.

Added a contextual right-click menu

User reviews

stumbleupon clone.. It is slow to load too...
by Aria Musial, 2016-03-08

Get gud nub
by Erica DiGiulio, 2015-11-29

This is really fun. I would recommend it to anyone
by Asher Farr, 2015-03-30
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Lynx requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Lynx has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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