While it would be easy to pass off your lack of knowledge on that link as a "newbie" or "lack of effort" the truth is that link (as was just pointed out) is buried at the bottom under the link labeled "lists". It's not on the top bar (where there is room).
So this is really a UI lesson in how if you are designing things you need to get the end user experience on your design. That link is probably missed by many people. Assuming it's something that PG wants people to see, it does need to be more easy to find. I'm sure many users have run into the same issue.
This is close to the equivalent of using "fine print" to try to slip something by someone (not saying that is what is going on here). But it's the same concept. You can make something easy to find or hard-er to find.
Is there an additional gate for down-voting comments? On the bestcomments page, certain comments are downvote-able while others are not. Specifically, from my account your comments cannot be downvoted. Is this intended behavior or a bug?
The gate is on the time of the comment's posting. Comments of more than a certain age cannot be downvoted. The age boundary is somewhere within "12 hours" to "1 day", given what I see on the bestcomments page right now.
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Hey there, really dumb question = me, but where would i find the best comments page?
While it would be easy to pass off your lack of knowledge on that link as a "newbie" or "lack of effort" the truth is that link (as was just pointed out) is buried at the bottom under the link labeled "lists". It's not on the top bar (where there is room).
So this is really a UI lesson in how if you are designing things you need to get the end user experience on your design. That link is probably missed by many people. Assuming it's something that PG wants people to see, it does need to be more easy to find. I'm sure many users have run into the same issue.
This is close to the equivalent of using "fine print" to try to slip something by someone (not saying that is what is going on here). But it's the same concept. You can make something easy to find or hard-er to find.
where would i find the best comments page?
From the lists that appear on the bottom of most HN pages
http://news.ycombinator.com/lists
to the link
http://news.ycombinator.com/bestcomments
Is there an additional gate for down-voting comments? On the bestcomments page, certain comments are downvote-able while others are not. Specifically, from my account your comments cannot be downvoted. Is this intended behavior or a bug?
The gate is on the time of the comment's posting. Comments of more than a certain age cannot be downvoted. The age boundary is somewhere within "12 hours" to "1 day", given what I see on the bestcomments page right now.
https://news.ycombinator.com/bestcomments