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[Explain] news.ycombinator.com
I couldn't find any additional info on this site except the Guidlines. Can the users explain:
- the Karma use (points?)
- Is 20 Karma when your able to see the down mod capability
- why Google is the only way to search the site
- rms 19y ago25 points is when you get downmod Some people have written external searches for news.yc, but google on site:ycombinator.com is mostly the way to go. I figured PG would write a search for news.yc before the release of Arc, but he didn't, so we'll get an internal news.yc eventually or never.
- cawel 19y agoI have a friend who's 22 of karma and can downmod, so there must be something else...
- bayareaguy 19y agoAs far as searching goes, there is also that old favorite: brute force linear search. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3 ...
- bayareaguy 19y agoMore seriously, perhaps there should at least be a link to Google Custom Search for YCombinator - http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=010873684121060933661:c5rcz5pdhti http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=010873684121060933661:c5rc... somewhere on the site. Actually the best place may be on the submit page, along with a polite note to encourage potential submitters to first check if someone else has submitted the same story.