All the links on the Show page start with "Show HN", which is superfluous and the repetition hinders reading of the page. Suggest hiding/removing that text on this page.
You could turn this little JavaScript snippet into a Chrome extension that runs only on <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/show" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/show</a> pretty easily.<p>First inject jQuery (or similar):<p><pre><code> var s = document.createElement("script");
s.src = "//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.4/jquery.min.js";
document.head.appendChild(s);
</code></pre>
Then remove <i>Show HN</i> from titles:<p><pre><code> $("td.title > a").each(function(){ this.text = this.text.replace("Show HN: ", "") });</code></pre>
Based upon the rules [0] I suspect that the title is parsed and that "Show HN" is what moves a submission to that page. Items from |show| can show up on the front page. I believe having the information in the title gives the community the appropriate context for evaluating and commenting on the item.<p>Then again, my experience is that titles are a poor proxy for content often enough that I try to click on links before commenting on a submission or evaluating it. Often the awesomeness is inversely proportional to the quality of the title. My heuristic is, when in doubt click.<p>[0]: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html</a>
To be clear, the logic I'm suggesting is to hide the text on the Show page only. The text would still be in the title in the database, and shown everywhere else.