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Except that on HN, if you are not getting more upvotes than the number of comments you are posting, you can't vote on the comments. That is what the "avg: " on

Except that on HN, if you are not getting more upvotes than the number of comments you are posting, you can't vote on the comments. That is what the "avg: " on your profile page is for, if it's not 2 or higher your votes don't count.

edanm 16y ago
Didn't know that. And this isn't the first time. Is there somewhere to read up on all the rules of HN? I figured out a few things on my own (like that you have to have 200 rep to downvote), but once in a while I come across something I don't understand (like, it seems that you can't downvote immediate children of your comments?).
- kmfrk 16y ago
  The features do feel like easter eggs, but I would imagine that pg isn't mentioning them on purpose to preserve the incentive structure on HN and prevent people gaming the system.
- billswift 16y ago
  I have found out most of this stuff gradually, by reading comments. The best advice I can give you, to maybe speed it up a bit, is to click on "ask" on the orange bar and browse the local posts that discuss HN.
- Locke1689 16y ago
  * like that you have to have 200 rep to downvote* This kind of thing also tends to change. I think I got my downvoting privileges at 50 or so. Like words after a long night of drinking, voting has flowed a lot mre frequently of late. Pg usually modifies the caps to compensate, but they aren't usually announced. I noticed, for example, that /leaders is no longer in the top bar. I think that was a while ago, but just an example of how the site changes.
  - vijaydev 16y ago
    The leaders link in the top bar was removed when a separate page was added with the Ask HN questions. Here is pg's announcement: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1173801 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1173801 In the same discussion, in response to http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1174132 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1174132, pg moved the leader link to the Lists page and had the Ask HN on top bar.

edanm 16y ago

Didn't know that. And this isn't the first time. Is there somewhere to read up on all the rules of HN? I figured out a few things on my own (like that you have to have 200 rep to downvote), but once in a while I come across something I don't understand (like, it seems that you can't downvote immediate children of your comments?).

kmfrk 16y ago
The features do feel like easter eggs, but I would imagine that pg isn't mentioning them on purpose to preserve the incentive structure on HN and prevent people gaming the system.
billswift 16y ago
I have found out most of this stuff gradually, by reading comments. The best advice I can give you, to maybe speed it up a bit, is to click on "ask" on the orange bar and browse the local posts that discuss HN.
Locke1689 16y ago
* like that you have to have 200 rep to downvote* This kind of thing also tends to change. I think I got my downvoting privileges at 50 or so. Like words after a long night of drinking, voting has flowed a lot mre frequently of late. Pg usually modifies the caps to compensate, but they aren't usually announced. I noticed, for example, that /leaders is no longer in the top bar. I think that was a while ago, but just an example of how the site changes.
- vijaydev 16y ago
  The leaders link in the top bar was removed when a separate page was added with the Ask HN questions. Here is pg's announcement: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1173801 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1173801 In the same discussion, in response to http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1174132 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1174132, pg moved the leader link to the Lists page and had the Ask HN on top bar.