Ask PG: Can you explain the new features?

10 points by michael_dorfman 15y ago ↗ HN

I notice that karma on comments is now hidden, and that some comments have an orange dot. I've also noticed that some user names on submissions are green. There may be other changes I haven't noticed.

Could you (or somebody) give a brief rundown of the changes, and the intent?

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rtbyr 15y ago ↗

speculation is rife over here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2434333

n00bs have green names, probably you can only see points on comments if you have enough karma, and so on.

michael_dorfman 15y ago ↗

I've seen the speculation; I was hoping that PG might weigh in with some actual facts.

latch 15y ago ↗

Probably best to just wait until the experiment is over and then explain what was tried, what [seemed to] work and what [seemed not to] work. Especially since some of the changes are having short lives (orange dot).

jfarmer 15y ago ↗

Just a test to see how my name looks. I've been green names and orange dots. Anything else?