minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented on Hacker News

Apparently the minimum karma to downvote is 501: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented?tab=re... I recently got to 300 and I saw no change in the UI.

comment by marc_abonce · 2025-03-05 · in The Dead Planet Theory

…) [A List of Hacker News's Undocumented Features and Behaviors]( https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented )

comment by gnabgib · 2025-02-24 · in What do I get from earning karma?

https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#flame-...

comment by noname120 · 2025-02-14 · in Anyone can push updates to the doge.gov website

Wups, you're right. Flagging threshold is apparently > 30 karma, as is vouch: < https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented?tab=re... >

comment by dredmorbius · 2025-02-13 · in Resist Authoritarianism by Refusing to Obey in Advance (2017)

…anyone can technically vouch dead posts with 31 karma or higher. Vouching is the inverse of a flag. https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/blob/m...

comment by kotaKat · 2024-12-16 · in To Log into WordPress, You Now Have to Agree Pineapple on Pizza Is Good

I understood it as being posted to the Second-Chance Pool [1]. [1]: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented?tab=re...

comment by josters · 2024-12-16 · in Wishing for a more orderly disruption may misunderstand government reform

…the flag and downvote wisely when you get them. More info in the unoficial collection by minimaxir https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by gus_massa · 2024-12-13 · in Download New Netscape Browser

…the front page until someone can investigate. I think this behaviour might be described here: < https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented?tab=re... >

comment by Philpax · 2024-11-19 · in Bluesky just crossed 20M users

I agree, but I want to add the unofficial FAQ maintained by minimaxir https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by gus_massa · 2024-11-14 · in Ask HN: Where Is HN Meta?

https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented Specifically https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented?tab=re...

comment by mikequinlan · 2024-11-13 · in Ask HN: Why No Discussion on HN

https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented?tab=re...

comment by ndr · 2024-11-04 · in Is yt-dlp/yt-dlp compromised?

…"|"; padding: 0.25em;) news.ycombinator.com##form.profileform tbody tr:nth-child(3) [1] - https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by LinuxBender · 2024-10-29 · in Ask HN: What can I do with the karma I've accumulated in my Hacker News account?

…to game it. There have been some high level details in comments by dang throughout the past. [1] - https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by LinuxBender · 2024-10-15 · in Ask HN: How Hacker News calculates karma points?

…used for submissions which break the site guidelines, but that isn't always the case in practice). https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by r721 · 2024-10-03 · in Automattic–WP Engine Term Sheet

"Lists" in the page footer: https://news.ycombinator.com/lists See also https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented for more tips/tricks.

comment by r721 · 2024-10-01 · in Apple No Longer in Talks to Invest in ChatGPT Maker OpenAI

According to https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/blob/m... 31 karma is enough to vouch but you cannot vouch your own submissions. I think that's a fine submission but I'd also say that having somebody else take an…

comment by PaulHoule · 2024-09-25 · in Ask HN: Why am I not able to comment on my own post?

…used for submissions which break the site guidelines, but that isn't always the case in practice). https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented?tab=re...

comment by r721 · 2024-08-29 · in Silicon Valley's Online Ideologues Are in Model Collapse

…when a Hacker News moderator decides to give a post a “second chance” at making it to the homepage. https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented?tab=re...

comment by simonw · 2024-08-21 · in Postgres feature you're not using – CTEs a.k.a. WITH clauses

…why you are getting flagged though (if you are getting flagged). See here for "dead" and flagging: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#flaggi...

comment by layer8 · 2024-08-05 · in How I Use "AI"

…posts? How did you find this one? Also what's a "vouch" capability? Edit: answered my own question: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/blob/m... I guess you can't vouch flagged? And it seems like there's a profile…

comment by cdrini · 2024-08-04 · in How I Use "AI"

The post may have been automatically put back on the front page as part of the second-chance pool: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/blob/m... .

comment by atombender · 2024-08-03 · in Complex life forms existed 1.5B years earlier than believed, study finds

…after users reach a certain karma threshold, but never on direct replies. Also explained here: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/blob/m... I just voted you up to get one more point closer!

comment by latchkey · 2024-08-02 · in Google Cloud now has a dedicated cluster of Nvidia GPUs for YC startups

…enough that they are dead. But you have to have showdead turned on to see those submissions. https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/blob/m...

comment by layer8 · 2024-07-21 · in Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate

Here's part of the answer: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented?tab=re...

comment by caprock · 2024-07-19 · in Ask HN: How do vouching privileges work on HN?

…used for submissions which break the site guidelines, but that isn't always the case in practice). https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented?tab=re...

comment by r721 · 2024-07-19 · in Ask HN: Why Crowdstrike posts no rank more better

Based on: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented?tab=re... Looks like we're misunderstanding vouches, I guess when we recall seeing a flagged article with a vouch option, it was because it was both flagged and dead, if it's…

comment by dotnet00 · 2024-07-15 · in Trump injured but ‘fine’ after attempted assassination at rally

Apparently you need 31: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/blob/m...

comment by recursivecaveat · 2024-06-21 · in What Is a Personal User Manual? (2022)

…comments. Best of luck on your games and be kind! https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by goles · 2024-06-09 · in Anyone else lurk and feel like they understand nothing?

…@minimaxir's hidden norms about Hacker News not otherwise covered in the Guidelines and the FAQ. https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented Some other interesting ones; - Hacker News Rankings https://hnrankings.info - Stories…

comment by Brajeshwar · 2024-05-23 · in Hacker News Best

The "reply" button not showing up? That's an automatic feature, see https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#hidden...

comment by boomboomsubban · 2024-05-21 · in How Shadow Banning Can Silently Shift Opinion Online

…if you ignore the specific parts there is lot of good recomendations.) Undocumented HN features: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented (It's an unofficial list of features mantained by minimaxir.)

comment by gus_massa · 2024-05-15 · in Show HN: Is Perplexity Pro the future of tech or just a passing trend?

I think 30 ( https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/blob/m... )

comment by mtmail · 2024-05-11 · in Ask HN: Why is HN becoming a DEAD link graveyard?

…over the timestamp it points back to May 2nd as well. This is probably from the Second Chance pool. https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented?tab=re...

comment by flutas · 2024-05-05 · in Got a spare Pi 1/2/3? Try RISC OS Open 5.30 It is, literally, something else

…a penalty, so it's more difficult that they reach the front page (unofficial faq with more details https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented?tab=re... ) My suggestion is to repost the link in a new submission (URL only, empty…

comment by gus_massa · 2024-04-12 · in Speeding up Docker Builds With eatmydata

…Undocumented, it actually does reduce your user karma even if the comment itself can't go past -4 [ https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented?tab=re... ]. But it is important to remember that by that point the comment is dead…

comment by rezonant · 2024-04-09 · in Hacker News (HN) – Part 1: analysis

Glad I could help. There's a whole repo full of undocumented HN features: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by throwitaway1123 · 2024-04-06 · in Why Don't I Like Git More?

https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented?tab=re...

comment by airstrike · 2024-04-01 · in IrfanView

…explaining various policies, and there are some sources which try to document the undocumented: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented?tab=re... It is my understanding some websites (like dev.to) are automatically killed due…

comment by latexr · 2024-03-20 · in Clarity on how posts are hidden or marked as dead

…What users see as popularity order is actually the order manipulated to the moderators' liking. https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#behavi... I believe this is a good technical article for HN concerning safety culture of…

comment by falsandtru · 2024-03-11 · in Boeing whistleblower found dead in US

…rule of thumb for this effect is when the number of comments on a submission exceeds its score. https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented?tab=re...

comment by r721 · 2024-02-22 · in What Was Sora Trained On? Creatives Demand Answers

More lists can be found here: https://news.ycombinator.com/lists And here: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented?tab=re... "Best Comments" just happens to be one of my own favorites.

comment by diggan · 2024-02-16 · in Hacker News – Best Comments

…before and it's undocumented[0][1][?]. https://news.ycombinator.com/chinamod Are there more? [0] https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/lists [?] https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Anews.yc…

comment by goles · 2024-02-14 · in YC: Requests for Startups

…the user's Karma, but the comment won't go below -4. [0] So one downvote is enough, it seems. [0]: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by Hendrikto · 2024-02-05 · in Gin, Television, and Social Surplus (2008)

> I don't have flagging privilege Looks like you should? Is https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented?tab=re... wrong? You need to be on a comment's page; click its timestamp to get there.

comment by mkl · 2024-02-02 · in Stories removed from the Hacker News Front Page, updated in real time

>30 karma, same as flagging: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented?tab=re...

comment by mkl · 2024-02-02 · in Stories removed from the Hacker News Front Page, updated in real time

More things in the unofficial feature list maintained by minimaxir https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by gus_massa · 2024-01-27 · in Hacker News has a Second-Chance Pool

…out appearance of vdaea's comment indicates that people have been using it. More info: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#downvo...

comment by daemonologist · 2024-01-25 · in Heat exchanger masks for cold weather cycling (2019)

See https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#downvo...

comment by nsagent · 2024-01-17 · in US developers can offer non-app store purchasing, Apple still collect commission

Post with an URL in the text are penalized and it is harder for them to reach the front page. https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/blob/m...

comment by gus_massa · 2024-01-11 · in Teaching vi to secretaries brought LLMs to humanity

From the unoficial list of undocumentd features https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#editde... 2 hours (but it may change without warning)

comment by gus_massa · 2024-01-08 · in Ask HN: How long does the edit link appear on comments/submissions?