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		drivebyacct2 on July 3, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Chrome redirecting to blank.html on search That's... absolutely not true. The bug tracker (not the ML) has a star that is meant specifically for that and is a publicly viewable counter.

JoshTriplett on July 3, 2012 [–]

The star doesn't inherently say "I have this bug too". It just acts like a bookmark to find the bug later. That correlates with the number of people who want the bug fixed, somewhat, but it doesn't directly indicate how many people have experienced the bug.

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