Now you might ask: why can't I upvote a story but not bookmark it, or vice versa? I think merging these functions encourages desirable behavior (or would, if more people used it): it encourages thinking "is this story interesting enough to bookmark?" vs. "do I agree with / want to promote this story?" When I find myself wanting to upvote a story but not bookmark it, often I reconsider if I really want to upvote it. Many times those kinds of stories are of transient interest or political, and I really want to upvote as an "agree" but don't think the story is of significant enough long-term interest to clutter my HN "saved stories" bookmarks with it. In which case I then don't upvote it after all.
edit: Oops I see you're the person I replied to in the other thread as well. But leaving this comment here anyway so other people can find the functionality.
I responded to you in the other thread, but I'll briefly recap here as well: it would be really nice if there were a link to the "saved stories" page in the top bar, next to "threads" (it could just say "saved" there to save space).
> you might ask: why can't I upvote a story but not bookmark it, or vice versa?
I was going to ask that, but you already responded. :-)
I have a million HN bookmarks (and add a dozen more every day) and a "save" method would be very convenient.
Many times I'll drag the "X comments" link to my bookmarks when there is a post that links anywhere (most posts) and the title for those bookmarks are "X comments" which is useless.
+1 for the Save/Bookmark feature!