Honestly it's hilarious how much attention this is getting. It's a link that took me several years to find. It's the second link on the page. And a bunch of IT pros are delighted to find it!

Ux is hard. Personally, I had clicked the "comments" link and it was not what I was looking for, and then it took a moment of curiosity several years later to try again. I think the moral of the story is, if you want something to be discoverable, don't hide it behind a less obvious naming choice when the more obvious looking choice is used nearby. But who knows.

> Unfortunately that's not a thing in my mobile client of choice, but handy for when I'm on desktop.

Threads are part of the HN home page header when logged in.

How does your browsers disable this link? Does it disable other header links as well?

It's 1 click vs. 2 clicks away.

It doesn't. It's the same exact page.