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Ask HN: How do I edit my comment?
I dont see any options to edit my own comments? I assume it has something to do with my acct age or karma but a lack of documentation for HN makes me ask here.
context: If you can see the flagged comment in my profile, it was supposed to be a festicious but witty retort to the parent who had originally posted a one word comment but later ammended it w/o saying 'edit' :|
- thinkingemote 3y ago1. You can't edit comments over a certain age (about 2 hours) 2. You can't edit comments after someone has replied to it. (I think?) Helpful tip: There is a search box at the bottom of the page: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=edit%20comments&sort=byPopularity&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... Generally: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html "Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading." But there are other guidelines there which might be useful. Good luck!
- gus_massa 3y ago#2 is wrong, you can edit your comment after someone replied, but it canbe bad netiquette. I fix silly typos without warnings (very often). I make a substancial change, I add "Edit:" or something similar. (Not very often. Most of the times I add another question or source.) (I also add "Edit:" when I fix a very bad typo noticed in one reply.) More details in the unofficial feature list maintained by minimaxir https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#editdelete-time-limits https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#editde...
- spellbaker 3y agoThanks!
- spellbaker 3y agoThis is very helpful, Thank you!