Your Hacker News profile name isn't green enough

Posted by theotown on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @09:45AM
from the self-post dept.

Just wondering, why are some usernames in green, and the majority of the rest are black/90% grey? Am I missing something?

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Re:Your Hacker News profile name isn't green enough by a3n on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @10:27AM (#7103054)

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Re:Your Hacker News profile name isn't green enough by aeykie on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @09:48AM (#7102761)

Not enough karma, if I had to guess.

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Re:Your Hacker News profile name isn't green enough by mooism2 on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @09:52AM (#7102784)

Green = newbies.

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Re:Your Hacker News profile name isn't green enough by theotown on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @11:11AM (#7103465)

Huh--why would newbies get the added benefits?

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Re:Your Hacker News profile name isn't green enough by mooism2 on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @12:52PM (#7104187)

What benefits?

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Re:Your Hacker News profile name isn't green enough by theotown on Friday January 24, 2014 @05:29AM (#7114223)

Increased visibility. That's why people post things here right? ;-)

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