minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented
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Some of the hidden norms about Hacker News not otherwise covered in the Guidelines and the FAQ.
317 mentions on Hacker News by 205 people: 15 stories, 302 comments · first 2018-02-22 · latest 2026-10-28
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…story, which has over 800 comments. Lots of comments on an article can hurt its ranking, per https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#flame-...
comment by ebg13 · 2019-04-11 · in Cambridge's Ambitious Protected Bike Lane Law -
…at best, and gender related articles are prolifically flagged. More undocumented behavior here: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented
comment by kevintb · 2019-02-26 · in Ask HN: Unfairly Flagged Submissions? -
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A List of Hacker News's Undocumented Features and Behaviorsstory by adanhawth · 2019-02-20 · 183 comments
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…it. And as you note, vouching restores it. 'minimaxir's put together a lengthier explanation here: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#flaggi...
comment by grzm · 2019-01-30 · in Can China Turn the Middle of Nowhere into the Center of the World Economy? -
It's not listed in https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/blob/m... or in https://drewdevault.com/2017/09/13/Analyzing-HN.html It's the first time I hear anyone mention it. It would be great if OP had some supporting link.
comment by viraptor · 2019-01-26 · in Websocketd -
…separate downvoting for submissions. I believe the karma threshold for flagging submissions is 31. https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#flaggi...
comment by grzm · 2019-01-25 · in I Spent $925 on a Fake Canada Goose Coat -
https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#user-c...
comment by jwilk · 2018-09-13 · in Ask HN: How popular is shadow banning on HN? -
…you have a better chance of getting upvoted to the front page. You may also be interested in this: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented
comment by beefhash · 2018-07-21 · in Doing Windows, Part 5: A Second Try -
Here are the lesser documented features [1] of HN. [1] - https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented
comment by LinuxBender · 2018-06-14 · in Ask HN: Does HN Karma do anything, other than give me dopamine? (in algorithm) -
…A submission that's flagged to death will have a [flagged] tag. Comments behave similarly. See: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented for more.
comment by CrankyBear · 2018-04-18 · in Ask HN: Why does [flagged] sometimes appear in a post title? -
Ah, this is one of those undocumented HN features! https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented
comment by alpb · 2018-04-18 · in Show HN: Hacker Daily, a daily podcast for Hacker News readers -
…downvote another comment You can read more about undocumented features of Hacker News here [1]. [1] https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented
comment by guessmyname · 2018-04-11 · in Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook hearing was a sham -
…is to discourage people from attempting to get the “most negative” number of points for a post. https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/blob/m...
comment by DougBTX · 2018-04-03 · in Building Tiny Rust Binaries for Embedded Linux -
https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#green-...
comment by swanson · 2018-03-15 · in Ask HN: Why are some usernames in green? -
…but I rarely see this on HN. Hope this post doesn't trigger the "flame war detection" [1] [1] https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/blob/m...
comment by karimf · 2018-03-01 · in Show HN: Buy Me A Coffee – A free, fast and friendly way to receive donations -
…HN tips [1], finds Hacker News Classic [2] and the top post there was Hacker News Classics [3]. [1] https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/classic [3] http://jsomers.net/hn/ Quite a cool…
comment by kristofferR · 2018-02-23 · in Show HN: Hacker News Classics -
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Hacker News's Undocumented Features and Behaviorsstory by minimaxir · 2018-02-22 · 391 comments