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ujjwalg
awesome!!!!
[dead] finger_pussy
i've upvoted ur comment ujjwalg.

some perverts here think saying "awesome!" is bad.

screw those bastards, they'll die licking the shit out their partner's anus.

quoderat
If it's Jessica Biel, where do I sign up?
ujjwalg
Awesome!!! Now I can give my laptop to other people without the need to delete my browsing history ever. I wish iPhone add similar feature to mobile safari.
ujjwalg
I am bit confused, since I am pretty new to this voting system at YC. Unless you have something useful to say for the topic, you just cannot leave a comment saying you like/dislike it?
teej
The idea is that comments are for interesting and insightful discussion about the link/topic. From the guidelines:

    "Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate
    for the site. If you think something is spam or offtopic, flag it by going to
    its page and clicking on the "flag" link. (Not all users will see this; there
    is a karma threshold.) If you flag something, please don't also comment that 
    you did."
http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
jdbeast00
Your quote does not support your claim that the comments are for interesting and insightful discussion only. in fact, there are some untold guidelines that you must abide by to not be voted into the grey oblivion. One, as the grandparent found out, is that you must only post things that others to deem beneficial. The only yc-sanctioned method of showing support is to vote up. Another strict one is no humor, even if it adds to the conversation.
scott_s
We've had the discussion before, but humor can get modded up. It just needs to actually funny, as opposed to just the poster thinking it's funny. (You're not as funny as you think you are.)
msg
We also associate off-color humor with Digg/Reddit trolling, and with people who like to hear the sound of their own voice.

So another requirement is that humorous antics improve the signal to noise ratio.

teej
My intent was to brush over the site guidelines, not to dig deep into the ethos of HN.
DannoHung
Pretty much. Try elaborating on why you like or dislike something.
ujjwalg
I had no idea. Thanks for pointing it out.
vaksel
I don't understand why the private browsing session needs to hide the public window. Wouldn't it make more sense to let the user be able to have both opened at the same time?
wvenable
The private browsing mode is terrible! I've been using the Stealthier plugin for previous versions of Firefox and it works great. You activate it and from then on nothing you do gets stored in the history. You deactivate it, and history starts getting tracked again. It's simple and it works. Having private browsing mode close out all the other tabs is incredibly annoying! What purpose does it serve?
jv2222
The title that I originally posted with this link seems to have changed. How does that happen? Thx in advance for answers