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Well I haven't been around that long so let's see if I can pass the test. why one is sometimes unable to reply to a comment There is a cooling off period when
by frossie 17y ago
Well I haven't been around that long so let's see if I can pass the test.
why one is sometimes unable to reply to a comment
There is a cooling off period when there is vigorous activity on a subthread to avoid flame wars. I think this is a recent change.
"the title of a submission is often changed arbitrarily"
The guidelines are pretty clear on this one: "You can make up a new title if you want, but if you put gratuitous editorial spin on it, the editors may rewrite it."
"down- or up-voting is sometimes disabled"
I've never seen that. Downvoting for comments is only available to logged in accounts with a karma of 500 I think, and not for stories.
And why does a thread sometimes turn up locked, with no explanation Is HN now Wikipedia?
I don't know what the dead-ing mechanism is, but it certainly not Wikipedia - HN is a private site and I expect the editors to do what they like.
[Edit: Thanks to rms and tokenadult for the corrections below]
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- ErrantX 17y ago> I think this is a recent change. It is - I think it's one of the best (the algorithm apparently scales too - so longer waits the deeper the thread). it's stopped me posting a rash response once or twice.
- frossie 17y agoI find it a bit annoying (sometimes there is a rapid-fire good debate) but I can sure live with it if it really helps the S/N of the site. I concede there is a certain logic in "If you can't wait a few minutes to say something maybe you don't need to say it that badly".
- rms 17y agoYou can't downvote replies to your own comments or root comments on a thread you submit.
- tokenadult 17y agoI don't know what the dead-ing mechanism is Some submissions are autokilled because they are links to sites on the list of banned sites. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=499044 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=499044 Some submissions are autokilled after they have been flagged by a sufficient number of users. Some submissions are manually killed by curators for the usual reasons every public website needs curators.