Ask HN: How can HN allow login without an email and not be full of bots?

Re:Ask HN: How can HN allow login without an email and not b... by dang on Thursday August 22, 2019 @07:39PM (#20773373)

There are lots of filters based on past activity by spammers, trolls, and so on. But in the scenario you describe, moderators would eventually review your comment and restore it to visibility, assuming it wasn't bad in some noteworthy way.

Users with 'showdead' turned on in their profile (and who have karma > 30) can do the same: if you see a [dead] post that shouldn't be dead, you should vouch for it by clicking on its timestamp, then clicking 'vouch' at the top of its page. This is why we added that feature.

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Re:Ask HN: How can HN allow login without an email and not b... by Tomte on Friday August 23, 2019 @02:18PM (#20780705)

> Users with 'showdead' turned on in their profile (and who have karma > 30) can do the same: if you see a [dead] post that shouldn't be dead, you should vouch for it

Wow. I've been on HN for some time now [1], and that's news to me.

I remember seeing "vouch" before, but not for a long time. I simply assumed you had taken that privilege away from me.

It makes sense to only show it for "showdead" users, but it never occurred to me.

Edit: [1] and it turns out that today is my cake day. Very fitting. :-)

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