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It is not often down, but it's very easy to hit its rate limiter when upvoting or commenting. Waiting a minute usually fixes it. The rate limiter is even stric
by sph 3y ago
It is not often down, but it's very easy to hit its rate limiter when upvoting or commenting. Waiting a minute usually fixes it.
The rate limiter is even stricter when not logged in — for a period I wanted to take a break with getting into online arguments, so I stayed logged out, which would cause my IP to be banned after a day or two (a bit annoying, though easily unbanned with the self-service system: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4761102 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4761102) — IIRC dang confirmed that it would be better to stay logged in to avoid this anti-bot measure.
I guess that's the price to pay to have such a popular website that's maintained by a single person.
- lukan 3y ago"I guess that's the price to pay to have such a popular website that's maintained by a single person." Why do you think, it is only one? There is definitely help with the moderation for example.
- EchoChamberMan 3y agoI can't find the source, but there is an article that mentions the entire site is moderated by 2 people. Maybe they've added a third since then.
- subtra3t 3y agoI think the 2nd person in the article you read was Scott Bell, who stopped working on HN around 2019 [1]. Still, dang isn't the only moderator here [2], just the only one who posts publicly. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25055115 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25055115 [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25235720 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25235720
- EchoChamberMan 3y agoAh thank you for the clarification!
- bakugo 3y agoI really wish the rate limit was relaxed when favoriting posts specifically. Favoriting a post counts as two requests since it redirects you to another page, so you'll often hit the rate limit page while favoriting, but the favorite still goes through because only the redirected request gets rate limited.