link to "recent"?

[mootari]

@mcmcclur

If so, then I think a better option would be to make the “Share link” option more prominent and encourage folks to use that as a first option and to “Publish” stuff that one would want to, well, publish.

I wholeheartedly agree. E.g., a fairly simple measure could be to present a modal to users if they’re about to publish a fork that doesn’t have any changes. Then there’s Feature request: support "d/" prefix for notebook imports which also hasn’t received any further attention.