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I don't think it's just an HN Replies email thing. I've seen "* * *" in actual HN comment threads, too. And I've seen it in 100% of your replies to me, when I'
by Leftium 4y ago
I don't think it's just an HN Replies email thing. I've seen "* * *" in actual HN comment threads, too.
And I've seen it in 100% of your replies to me, when I've never seen it for other replies. So I wonder if it's related to how you use HN
- __ryan__ 4y agoThis is definitely solely an HN Replies thing.
- Leftium 4y agoThis is the first time I've seen it in my HN Replies, but I have seen "* * *" before on https://news.ycombinator.com/ https://news.ycombinator.com/. I even saw another comment asking about this type of comment.
- __ryan__ 4y agoDo you have any HN-related extensions installed? Edit: I truly did not believe you, but it appears to maybe be the “delay” feature [0]. Users with a delay set might show the asterisks until the delay passes. My apologies. 0: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=231024 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=231024