Ask HN: HN now hides comments from new users

Post by andyjohnson0 » Sat, Mar 28, 2026, 2:50 PM UTC

ctdinjeu4 wrote: post #19

andyjohnson0 wrote: post #14

This is verifiably not true. Here's a comment [1] written by an account that is currently two hours old. Its visible to me if I'm logged in, with or without showdead enabled. Its also visible in an incognito tab where I'm not logged-in. As others have said, you probably posted something that triggered a filter. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47553799

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Post by captainswirly » Sat, Mar 28, 2026, 3:06 PM UTC

andyjohnson0 wrote: post #21

ctdinjeu4 wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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> Yeah because it has replies. That doesn't make sense. How would people be able to reply to a comment that was hidden?

Post by KomoD » Sat, Mar 28, 2026, 4:52 PM UTC

ctdinjeu4 wrote: post #19

andyjohnson0 wrote: post #14

This is verifiably not true. Here's a comment [1] written by an account that is currently two hours old. Its visible to me if I'm logged in, with or without showdead enabled. Its also visible in an incognito tab where I'm not logged-in. As others have said, you probably posted something that triggered a filter. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47553799

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Post by bigotiddies » Sat, Mar 28, 2026, 5:10 PM UTC

vunderba wrote: post #22

Bender wrote: post #4

What’s this gonna do to the platform? If this is the case then hopefully remove some incentives for lazy grifters, spammers, AI botters and SEO farmers. If regular users can see your comment and search engines can not I think that is perfectly fine. With time your account will not be new. This is exactly how I operated phpBB forums using ranks and it worked out great. This does nothing to prevent new people from join…

This. I know the mods had talked about making some adjustments to the "Show HN" section around new users, but that's because they were trying to reduce the relatively recent flood of low effort self-promotional tripe from people who have zero interest in participating in the actual HN community.

Post by Bender » Sat, Mar 28, 2026, 5:17 PM UTC

bigotiddies wrote: post #27

vunderba wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This. I know the mods had talked about making some adjustments to the "Show HN" section around new users, but that's because they were trying to reduce the relatively recent flood of low effort self-promotional tripe from people who have zero interest in participating in the actual HN community.

> self-promotional tripe Oh you mean like "Claude" being rammed down everyone's throats constantly on this site

    # Filter some topics
    # top (title / url)
    news.ycombinator.com##tr.athing span.titleline > a:has-text(/(laude|lockchain|coin|202[3-9]$)/):upward(tr)
    # bottom (stats / comments)
    news.ycombinator.com##tr.athing span.titleline > a:has-text(/(laude|lockchain|coin|202[3-9]$)/):upward(tr) + *
    #