minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented on Hacker News

…But your list of upvotes is private, so you can treat that like a private list of favorites. more: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by TechBro8615 · 2023-04-19 · in Ask HN: Dang, any chance we could get bookmarks for Hacker News?

…be interesting, if it can’t wait n-minutes, it is probably a sign it is not gonna be interesting. https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#hidden...

comment by runarberg · 2023-04-12 · in American IQ scores have rapidly dropped, proving the 'Reverse Flynn effect'

I agree. There is an unofficial list of undocumented features maintained by minimaxir https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by gus_massa · 2023-04-06 · in Dang is going to have 65,535 karma points soon

…abused, and Dang for sure is aware of this. Source for rep required to downvote or flag on HN: - https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/blob/m...

comment by O__________O · 2023-03-20 · in Ask HN: Why is the abuse of flagging allowed?

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

comment by anonymousiam · 2023-03-15 · in Ask HN: What is the point of “karma” points on HN?

No DMs: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

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

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story by behnamoh · 2022-10-04 · 68 comments

…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

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story by JonathanBuchh · 2022-02-24 · 64 comments