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comment by david_allison · 2023-02-28 · in Loneliness reshapes the brain

…J/K, I believe it has something to do with karma level. You still have a pretty low karma amount. https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by pixl97 · 2023-02-24 · in I saw RealPage's crappy rent-jacking-up software so you don't have to

…speak for the 3rd party apps some people use that front-end HN as I have never used them. [1] - https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by LinuxBender · 2023-02-11 · in Ask HN: Does Hacker News have keyboard shortcuts?

…mob censorship. And since HN approves of downvoting for disagreement, nothing is done to stop it." https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/issues...

comment by poszlem · 2023-01-31 · in Yahoo is making a return to search

It might be in there: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#hacker...

comment by _Microft · 2023-01-16 · in Ask HN: List of Top HN Users

minimaxir's "List of Hacker News's Undocumented Features and Behaviors" proposes something similar. https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#flame-... But I don't know if this is based on evidence.

comment by seedie · 2023-01-14 · in Show HN: Hacker News Without News

…and -this- and --this-- and have never figured it out. Can anyone tell me what the markdown is? [1] https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by maxbond · 2022-12-31 · in Archaeology and genetics can’t yet agree on when humans arrived in the Americas

Yes: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by orbz · 2022-12-31 · in Ask HN: Does HN ever shadow ban accounts?

> Edit: I have removed this comment due to post-specific moderation downweighing. > https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/issues... Can you elaborate on this? How does this happen, and is it a permanent de-buff?

comment by echelon · 2022-12-27 · in Safari's date-picker is the cause of 1/3 of our customer support issues

Edit: I have removed this comment due to post-specific moderation downweighing. Further reading [1]: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/issues...

comment by andrewmcwatters · 2022-12-27 · in Safari's date-picker is the cause of 1/3 of our customer support issues

…The mere fact that such content as this exists suggests that HN's guidelines are quite opaque: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by mactavish88 · 2022-12-26 · in Ask HN: Is there a better model than flagging?

…by the second answer in the FAQ. [3] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html [2] https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#flame-... [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

comment by comfypotato · 2022-12-13 · in How are you doing?

…allows you to vouch for hidden-by-default content. It's one of those hidden (somewhat) features: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#flaggi...

comment by input_sh · 2022-12-07 · in Tor Browser 12.0

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

comment by PaulHoule · 2022-11-28 · in Ask HN: Why aren't tweets picked up by the duplicate filter?

…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 I recommend checking https://news.ycombinator.com/active ("Most active current…

comment by r721 · 2022-11-24 · in Twitter has fired more software engineers

…gain the ability to downvote another comment. >If a user has 31 Karma, they can flag submissions. https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by r721 · 2022-11-20 · in Ask HN: Has there been more conspiracy comments on HN lately?

…just that in deep threads you need to either wait a bit or do it from the comment’s page[1]. [1] https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/blob/m...

comment by mananaysiempre · 2022-11-16 · in Evernote to be acquired by Bending Spoons

…until you have 501 or greater karma and downvote will become available. There is a list here https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by waste_monk · 2022-11-14 · in AdBlue shortage threatens EU supply chains

…that are out there that are lightly documented / only hinted at in the "this is how it works". https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/blob/m... You might also like to add the second chance pool to your pages to browse rather…

comment by shagie · 2022-11-07 · in Meta is preparing large-scale layoffs this week

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

comment by metadat · 2022-10-29 · in Meta HN: Automatically Upvoting All Replies

…Less controversial topics that get upvotes but no comments will tend to stay up for longer. [1] https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by lwneal · 2022-10-28 · in Ask HN: What's Going on with the HN Algorithm?

…Max. So, sorry, but while I didn't downvote you, I do disagree with you; entirely. Validly. https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/issues... ______________ > TL;DR: apparently this can happen due to an account being…

comment by Manu40 · 2022-10-25 · in Forgetting the Asbestos – how we lose knowledge and technologies

…placement on the comment thread and will appear desaturated to other users deemphasize them." [1] https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#downvo...

comment by insightcheck · 2022-10-04 · in Hckr news – Hacker News sorted by time

It's documented that there's protection against it: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#anti-v...

comment by muzani · 2022-08-24 · in Ask HN: Any idea how many bots are here?

…unofficial. That said, I think most of what's there is widely considered to be correct. [1]: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by mindcrime · 2022-08-11 · in Redis explained

…registered prior to 2008. See the following link to this and other undocumented "features" of HN: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#hacker...

comment by digdugdirk · 2022-07-25 · in Ask HN: Why has the quality of discourse on HN gone downhill?

…and only counts votes from user accounts that are older than 2008-02-13. See here, for example: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#hacker...

comment by Sebb767 · 2022-07-25 · in Ask HN: Why has the quality of discourse on HN gone downhill?

TIL a 501 Karma gets you a downvote [0] [0] https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#downvo...

comment by jackconsidine · 2022-07-21 · in Commenting on Hacker News

…The threshold is supposedly 31 karma[0] so you should already be allowed to do it. 0: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#flaggi...

comment by judge2020 · 2022-07-19 · in Brazilian Amazon lost 18 trees per second in 2021

List of undocumented HN features: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by fuckcensorship · 2022-07-11 · in Show HN: Colorvote.io – ranking all sRGB web colors by popularity

…undocumented features like [1], not that that means it does not happen. Do you have an example? [1] https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#second...

comment by daedalus_f · 2022-06-11 · in Tell HN: My wife was banned from WhatsApp without reason or recourse

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

comment by d4a · 2022-04-29 · in Web scraping via JavaScript runtime heap snapshots

You need 501 karma points to downvote! Here's a list of all hidden HN features: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#downvo...

comment by gkoberger · 2022-04-27 · in Why companies move off Heroku (besides the cost)

minimaxir made a list of undocumented parts of HN https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by gus_massa · 2022-04-23 · in Hacker News Guidelines

…The issue will be doing this in a transparent and verifiable way that cannot be manipulated. [1]: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by fuckcensorship · 2022-04-15 · in Elon Musk’s ‘Free Speech’ Twitter Risks Scaring Off Advertisers

There is a two hour edit window. Deleting comments is what is removed when a reply is made https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/blob/m...

comment by tenryuu · 2022-04-06 · in Twitter is adding an edit button

It's not possible for a parent commenter to downvote their children. https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#downvo... "You cannot downvote comments which are direct replies to your own comment, and you cannot downvote 24…

comment by peterburkimsher · 2022-04-03 · in GNU ed ate my homework

> And bye to some Hacker News points. The lowest score you can get on a comment is -4 ( https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#downvo... ). > This will get nicely downvoted I suspect. Complaining about downvotes before they…

comment by latexr · 2022-03-27 · in Getting my personal data from Amazon was weeks of confusion and tedium

https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#percei... "Additionally, founders of YC companies see each other's usernames show up in orange, which — although not an explicit benefit — does allow fellow YC founders to immediately…

comment by noasaservice · 2022-03-14 · in Google “hijacked millions of customers and orders” from restaurants – lawsuit

…[dead] is explained in the unofficial guide of undocumented features of HN, in particular look at https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#flaggi...

comment by gus_massa · 2022-03-14 · in Ask HN: Proof of targeted campaigns to dominate HN?

Also see: "A List of Hacker News's Undocumented Features and Behaviors" [0] [0] https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/blob/m...

comment by chatmasta · 2022-03-10 · in Ask HN: I am new account here, Is it not OK to like everything?

…recent top stories in chronological order. Also see this github page about undocumented HN features https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented If you want to add to HN, go to new and upvote good stories. Go to ask and answer…

comment by yesenadam · 2022-03-05 · in Ask HN: What is your advice to make the most of HN?

…Hacker News has full shadow banning, and there are some choice words for dang's moderation there. https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/issues... As well as a discussion about "You're posting too fast."…

comment by gjsman-1000 · 2022-02-24 · in A List of Hacker News's Undocumented Features and Behaviors

…above 500, you can downvote comments. Someone has collected a list of undocumented features of HN: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/blob/m...

comment by greenyoda · 2022-02-20 · in What happens when you get to 100 karma points?

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

comment by _Microft · 2022-02-19 · in Ask HN: What should a user know about how HN moderation works in practice?

…upvotes from accounts created before 2012 (iirc). EDIT: I was slightly off, the deadline is 2008: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#hacker...

comment by Sebb767 · 2022-02-17 · in The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News (2019)

…may not be real community input but perhaps some sort of astroturfing/manipulation? [0] - https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#green-...

comment by JohnKacz · 2022-02-16 · in Ask HN: Why is there so little debate about the attack on Vodafone Portugal?

You need 501 karma: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#downvo...

comment by david_allison · 2022-02-13 · in Tell HN: Voting on HN Fails Silently

…many undocumented features [1] which should give you some insight into how/why this happened. [1]: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by fuckcensorship · 2022-01-27 · in YouTube permanently bans Fox News host Dan Bongino

…black line. How do you plan to support this as it will be hard to see when the bar is there or not. https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#thin-b...

comment by TowerTall · 2022-01-24 · in Help me add dark mode in Hacker News natively