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I don't know if this is still the case but when I created this account there was a welcome link up where you find [Y]Hacker News welcome | new | comments |

by bugs 17y ago

I don't know if this is still the case but when I created this account there was a welcome link up where you find [Y]Hacker News welcome | new | comments | ... linking to this. Edit: To be more clear I think the welcome link disappeared after a certain amount of karma was acquired like other little features on HN ( flag,downvote,topcolor ).

pg 17y ago
Actually it doesn't link to the guidelines. It links to http://ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html http://ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html I added this feature within the last year, so none of the established users know it exists, but I think it has helped stave off decline as HN has grown.
- jacobolus 17y ago
  You should add a bit of space between the edge of the beige and the text.
  - pg 17y ago
    Yeah, you're right. The original intention was to make the beige almost invisible, so that it just added a subtle impression of a box bounding the text, but it isn't really working that way. It works better on pages with images that are flush with the beige on both sides. If you indent the text, what do you do with the images? Indent them too? Maybe.
pvg 17y ago
The 'welcome' link is hard to find. It does little to explain things like flagging, the karma limit to down or up voting and in general, anything at all. In fact, it doesn't even tell you the format rules the HN comment box accepts. There is conceivably some deluded notion that 'real' hackers will sort all of this out. Or they'll just call terrible UI as they see it.
- Xichekolas 17y ago
  If you look at the FAQ at the bottom, one of the question/answers has a link to the formatting rules. http://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc http://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc
  - nfriedly 17y ago
    Thanks, I've been curious about how that worked ever since I signed up!
cmelbye 17y ago
What are the thresholds for voting down a comment? I looked in News News and it says karma of 100, but there must be something else because I have over 100 now and I don't see any down arrows.
- pwmanagerdied 17y ago
  I think it's around 200 now, it increases over time to deal with karma inflation.

by bugs 17y ago

pg 17y ago

Actually it doesn't link to the guidelines. It links to http://ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html http://ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html I added this feature within the last year, so none of the established users know it exists, but I think it has helped stave off decline as HN has grown.

jacobolus 17y ago
You should add a bit of space between the edge of the beige and the text.
- pg 17y ago
  Yeah, you're right. The original intention was to make the beige almost invisible, so that it just added a subtle impression of a box bounding the text, but it isn't really working that way. It works better on pages with images that are flush with the beige on both sides. If you indent the text, what do you do with the images? Indent them too? Maybe.

pvg 17y ago

The 'welcome' link is hard to find. It does little to explain things like flagging, the karma limit to down or up voting and in general, anything at all. In fact, it doesn't even tell you the format rules the HN comment box accepts. There is conceivably some deluded notion that 'real' hackers will sort all of this out. Or they'll just call terrible UI as they see it.

Xichekolas 17y ago
If you look at the FAQ at the bottom, one of the question/answers has a link to the formatting rules. http://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc http://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc
- nfriedly 17y ago
  Thanks, I've been curious about how that worked ever since I signed up!

cmelbye 17y ago

What are the thresholds for voting down a comment? I looked in News News and it says karma of 100, but there must be something else because I have over 100 now and I don't see any down arrows.

pwmanagerdied 17y ago
I think it's around 200 now, it increases over time to deal with karma inflation.