In the open thread I regularly posted unadorned links for no reason other than that it was vaguely interesting. I suppose they look a little worse under the /r/discussion format because of slightly heightened expectations of seeing commentary in a new discussion section post versus a root level open thread comment.
I suppose if I become sufficiently annoying it will hasten the creation of new subreddits for such things as surprising as link sharing.
In the open thread I regularly posted unadorned links for no reason other than that it was vaguely interesting.
"Vaguely interesting" is not a good enough reason for posting such things anywhere on LessWrong. I don't know whose expectations you're talking about, but I require that a link be (a) relevant to LessWrong, and (b) posted with a description of its relevance and importance.
As a general rule, I don't bother clicking on links, anywhere on the web, whose surrounding text gives me no reason to, and if the text only raises it to "vague...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_international_law