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In 10 years of reading hacker news I never thought to press the [-] until this moment.
by nicky0 4y ago
In 10 years of reading hacker news I never thought to press the [-] until this moment.
- deleted 4y ago[deleted]
- hoosieree 4y agoRelevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/
- tomger 4y agoI always assumed [-] subtracted a point from that comment.
- turbonaut 4y agoDoesn’t [-] set it to zero? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainfuck https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainfuck
- RheingoldRiver 4y ago[-] collapses the replies so that you can easily see what's next. On reddit the equivalent functionality is a button literally called "hide child comments." But as another comment mentioned, you can click root | parent | prev | next to get navigated through the thread. Personally, I prefer the collapse, though, as having the top of my screen move without my direct control is a bit jarring, but there's more functionality from these buttons.
- geoduck14 4y agoImportant fact: The [-] does not remove a point. After you get 500 points, you earn the privilege of down voting, you will get a "down triangle" underneath the "up vote up triangle" that you can click on.
- thatwasunusual 4y ago> In 10 years of reading hacker news I never thought to press the [-] until this moment. I thought you had to click the [-]. How do I press the [-]?
- deleted 4y ago[deleted]
- jcpham2 4y agoI don’t understand if I should click or press [-] What does it do?
- _hyn3 4y agoDon't do it! If I understand it correctly, every time you use it, it takes away one of your valuable internet points.
- thatwasunusual 4y agoA friend of mine did this too many times. He is in rehab now. His wife left him, his liberal left kids commited suicide etc. Harsh times.
- thatwasunusual 4y agoHow can you click OR press something?
- kergonath 4y ago> I thought you had to click the [-]. I cannot click anything on my phone.