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HN used to show points of comments, and the API still show the score for those old comments, but not for new ones. It's not a bug in the search nor API, but rat
by capableweb 4y ago
HN used to show points of comments, and the API still show the score for those old comments, but not for new ones. It's not a bug in the search nor API, but rather data that used to have more datapoints but now has less.
Seems it was changed in 2011 specifically: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2434975 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2434975
- O__________O 4y agoYup, thought that might be an explanation, though didn’t recall comment votes ever publicly being shown; and yes, realize it was 8+ years ago. Thanks clarifying things!