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Anyone else finding that clicking on this link overrides their browser's "back" button? It's just grayed out after clicking on the link. Might well be browser-specifc - I'm on Firefox.

I'm skeptical FB is so sketchy as to do this intentionally, but I've also never seen this behavior before.

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Not happening here on Firefox, I could see it potentially happening if you use Facebook Container extension to 'wall off' facebook properties from normal browsing profile. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/facebook-cont...

Edge (chromium) here. When I click on the link from HN I can correctly navigate backwards.

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