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    This, big time. The HNQ is a source of absurdly great reading on any given day. Please keep it if you can. Commented Oct 18, 2018 at 7:01
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    As a possible addition to this post: one of the sites that I most enjoy reading questions about on the HNQ list is the one that has just been taken off it. Commented Oct 18, 2018 at 12:07
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    As a user, at work I often get lost in following those links from a SO question where I looked up something, so there I would like to hide it. (I used to have a stylish script for this, but stylish was then banned, and I didn't set up an alternatives.) At home I often enjoy just clicking from hot question to hot question. Commented Oct 18, 2018 at 21:12
  • @PaŭloEbermann Yeah, I've seen that sentiment (HNQ being distracting on SO is undesirable) in a couple other answers and comments, which suggests that perhaps it should be hidden on SO specifically. But on the other hand, SO is likely the biggest source of traffic via HNQ (it would be nice to see actual numbers on this!), so there's a bit of a Catch-22 there. Commented Oct 18, 2018 at 21:53
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    Just allow a user to fold it away, and remember this in a cookie (not a user account), that should be enough. Commented Oct 18, 2018 at 22:15
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    +many: HNQ-discovery is how I landed on the site I now moderate. I hope the idea of "a selection of interesting stuff from around the network that you might not otherwise see" never goes away. Commented Oct 19, 2018 at 1:01
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    I was just about to add an answer to say exactly this - it would be a great shame if this feature were to go away, and it is a shame that IPS is now excluded from it. Commented Oct 19, 2018 at 11:16
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    Totally agree with this sentiment. Why not let users pick which sites' "hot" questions show up? Then you know what you're signing up for. I loved IPS, just as I love Workplace, just as I enjoy seeing interesting Math and DBA content. It would be similar to ignoring tags on SO (except they wouldn't be highlighted, they just shouldn't be in the list) Commented Oct 19, 2018 at 15:52
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    Thanks to HNQ, I have joined sites I otherwise wouldn't have known about and ended up contributing to either the hot question itself or other questions on the site because of this. So I agree 100% with this answer: HNQ should stay. Commented Oct 23, 2018 at 6:14