Ah, I noticed sctb a few days ago when he posted along the lines of "we detached this thread" or something like that and wondered how many low-key or sporadic moderators there are.
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#22Should I be able to see the unvote link on older votes or is it only available for a limited time or only on stuff voted on from now on?
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#24Ah, I for one really appreciate the unvote feature! I have an awful habit of mis-voting or accidentally voting when I just want to see a profile. Thanks!
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#25The persistence of collapsing is a killer feature that I wish reddit had.
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#26I recall vaguely that one of the reasons for not allowing collapsable comment trees in the past was related to the desire to make it difficult to continue comment trees, which was a good thing (more comments is generally bad, beyond a point, was the underlying philosophy).
Does this represent a departure from that philosophy, or was this never part of consideration for the feature?
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#27The comment-collapsing feature is nice, but the big [-] on every comment is somewhat ugly, visually speaking.
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#28Why is hiding stories available to logged-out users? Reloading just makes them appear again. :p (EDIT: may be bug) On a related tangent, why have all instances of "submissions" on HN been replaced with "stories"? It's an change which IMO does not fit the usage. (A Show HN wouldn't make sense as a "story.")
> Reloading just makes them appear again
Well, that's true of collapsed comment threads as well, and I somehow doubt that logged-in users are the only ones who see things on the front page they'd rather not.
> why have all instances of "submissions" on HN been replaced with "stories"
Because posts to HN are either stories or comments? Happy to discuss this at hn@ycombinator.com if you want to apply some lexicographical fine points.
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#29Still, the most urgently needed feature is missing: telling me which comments I haven't seen, yet. It's a constant nuisance in longer threads. Really, this is much more vital than just about every feature you've introduced over the last months.
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#30Welcome Scott.