minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented on Hacker News

For those interested in more similar things, there is an unofficial FAQ by minimaxir: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#flame-... Also, for future readers, the numbers and exact criteria may change without warning.…

comment by gus_massa · 2021-01-22 · in More heat than light: The HN “Flame War” detector

A bit meta on the meta, but here it is: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by type0 · 2021-01-15 · in Hacker News

…I've tried to see if this bit of info can be added to the HN repo maintained by Max Wolf. https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/issues...

comment by ayewo · 2021-01-15 · in Political Detox Week – No politics on HN for one week (2016)

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by toomuchtodo · 2021-01-13 · in I Downvoted Because

…here (not with dates, but you can get an idea of when things change based on the commit history): https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented The most recent change I remember was when Twitter and GitHub posts were split based on…

comment by easton · 2021-01-04 · in Ask HN: Is HN slow today?

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

comment by mtmail · 2020-12-31 · in Ask HN: Karma Requirements

…with the "edit" one, in the two hour window, but you can't delete if the comment has replies. See https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#editde...

comment by mkl · 2020-12-30 · in In Covid Surge, LA hospitals turn away ambulances and put patients in gift shops

Karma limits what site functionality is available to a user. https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by SurfingInVR · 2020-12-30 · in Ask HN: Why can't I flag comments, but others can?

It’s a karma of 501 not 500 to downvote. https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/blob/m...

comment by ayewo · 2020-12-22 · in Ask HN: Co-founder wants me to leave but won't entertain a buy out offer

…Not sure if this is automatic or manually added. Does anybody else know what this is about? [1] [1] https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/issues...

comment by echelon · 2020-12-18 · in Nuclear weapons agency breached amid massive cyber onslaught

…page helpful, I know I did (In the sense that it let me better understand what all was going on). https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by Shared404 · 2020-12-09 · in FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization

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

comment by toomuchtodo · 2020-12-07 · in How Payment Transaction Processing Works

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story by busymom0 · 2020-12-02 · 5 comments

…should see a "vouch" link. This is distinct from voting. 'minimaxir describes this a bit more here: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#flaggi...

comment by grzm · 2020-11-15 · in Ongoing Death of Free Speech: ACLU Lawyer Cheers Suppression of a New Book

…may be interested in this repo that contains some details on the other undocumented features of HN: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by davidsojevic · 2020-11-12 · in Tell HN: You can view flagged comments by enabling “showdead” in your profile

…various karma levels which led me to your git page on the topic. Linked here for others interested: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by greycol · 2020-11-03 · in I got 10k post karma on Reddit with (and without) fast.ai

…and FAQ below have more details. If you hang out for a while you will get the gist of it. [1] - https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by LinuxBender · 2020-10-15 · in Ask HN: How does Hacker News work?

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story by varbhat · 2020-09-21 · 3 comments

New users get a green username: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#green-...

comment by andreareina · 2020-09-10 · in I'm a Coffin Confessor

I don't know the answer to any of your questions, but you could try asking in an issue on https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by iso8859-1 · 2020-09-07 · in 84-Year-Old Gamer Has More Than 900k ‘Grandkids’

…as per https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3848820 ] Double Edit: Confirmed, 14 days (not 5). See https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented for a full list

comment by Pick-A-Hill2019 · 2020-09-06 · in How do I get my username in green on Hacker News?

You can flag submission when you have 51, downvote after 250. https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented Those links are otherwise hidden, but not really secret because the features are mentioned in the FAQ.

comment by mtmail · 2020-08-23 · in Ask HN: Does karma give any privileges?

…I usually look at the user's other comments first, to see who I'm vouching for. More info here: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by mkl · 2020-08-08 · in Bootstrap finance and the cost of other people's money [pdf]

…posting. Here you go, courtesy of HN user minimaxir https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19212822 https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/blob/m...

comment by aspenmayer · 2020-07-30 · in Apple does not keep the 30% commission on a refund

…even downvote You need 501 karma for downvoting, that exact number is undocumented on the FAQ page. https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/blob/m... For anyone else that curious about undocumented stuff, here are some…

comment by KindOne · 2020-07-30 · in Ask HN: Why Do You Downvote?

You need more than 500 karma: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by mkl · 2020-07-17 · in Suspect is arrested in grisly killing of tech CEO Fahim Saleh

See https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented According to this source , https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=dang https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=sctb are moderators(also they replied to my email),so i can say that they…

comment by varbhat · 2020-07-17 · in Ask HN: Who Runs HN?

There are tons of hidden HN features unlocked at different thresholds. https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented 501 karma for downvoting

comment by stjo · 2020-07-15 · in Smokers quit in record numbers amid Covid fears

…where once "archived" things are permanent [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html [1] https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#editde...

comment by slowdog · 2020-06-24 · in Ask HN: You cannot delete comments posts or your account on HN. Concerned?

You can assuming you do it within their timelimits: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#editde...

comment by slowdog · 2020-06-24 · in Ask HN: You cannot delete comments posts or your account on HN. Concerned?

Thanks for your thorough response, it's greatly appreciated. Created a new issue at https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/issues... .

comment by karanke · 2020-06-23 · in Ask HN: Why does HN strip out “how” from the start of titles?

…probably few things not mentioned on that one repo [1] that documents undocumented HN features! [1] https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by rococode · 2020-06-23 · in Ask HN: Why does HN strip out “how” from the start of titles?

…early HN users to feed the ranking algorithm: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16442776 via https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/blob/m...

comment by detaro · 2020-06-11 · in Hacker News Classic

https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented This might help answer some of your burning questions.

comment by jimbob45 · 2020-06-08 · in Ask HN: Do posts by authors with more karma rank higher?

…where they see meritless rep-mining. I know you already know about this repository documenting HN https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/blob/m... So I'm really not sure what more you are after with respect to how things…

comment by uberman · 2020-06-06 · in Ask HN: Dark Patterns on HN

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A List of Hacker News's Undocumented Features and Behaviors (2018)

story by billme · 2020-06-06 · 266 comments

Lots of info collected by minimaxir here: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by mkl · 2020-06-04 · in Show HN: Daily non-commercial blog posts which didn't reach HN's front page

…you could still keep some of those little secrets for people to find, but I think at least some of https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented would be nice to know upon joining. Speaking of the leaderboard, I was actually…

comment by saagarjha · 2020-05-15 · in Trends in Show HN posts

Did you know you can edit your comments for two hours? Click "edit" above the comment. https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by mkl · 2020-04-20 · in ImageNet-trained CNNs are biased towards texture (2019)

https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/blob/m... (and discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19212822 )

comment by mtmail · 2020-04-16 · in Ask HN: How are stories ranked on HN?

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

comment by throwaway8941 · 2020-01-06 · in How Much Land Does a Man Need? (1886)

More info: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/blob/m...

comment by jey · 2019-10-19 · in Ask HN: Is Hacker News API returning wrong “time”?

Sorry, I mixed that up. Flagging 30, downvoting 500. https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by mtmail · 2019-09-13 · in Ask HN: We need a politics tab at the top of HN

…alternative for a similar purpose. I learned about those two and other undocumented features from https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented You could also subscribe to HN on feed reader with such limitations,…

comment by lnl · 2019-09-12 · in I Quit Social Media for a Year

The oldest rules... https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented ...mentioned 2 hours as the limit on an edit. I don't know what it currently is. You're past 2 hour mark, though. Might explain it.

comment by nickpsecurity · 2019-08-16 · in I wasn’t getting hired as a data scientist, so I sought data on who is

Accounts newer than 2 weeks show up as green. https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#green-...

comment by jxcl · 2019-08-02 · in A practical guide to CSS transitions and animations

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A List of Hacker News's Undocumented Features and Behaviors

story by qndev · 2019-06-27 · 25 comments

Sadly, I don't think so. The best source I know of is https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented , but it's missing a lot of stuff like that bit about the reply button. I learned about the reply button because I too was once…

comment by Wowfunhappy · 2019-06-04 · in Apple is now a privacy-as-a-service company

Downvoting is available for accounts with at least 501 karma. https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by commoner · 2019-05-25 · in An internet mob falsely painted a Chipotle employee as racist

You need 501 karma for downvoting. https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

comment by KindOne · 2019-05-13 · in Ask HN: What do lightly-colored comments mean?