On: Hacker News's Undocumented Features and Behaviors

[reichardt]

One question that's not answered: what do green usernames represent? Would honestly love to know!

[grinsekatze → reichardt]

As far as I know, new users are green for a certain time period.

edit: under 2 weeks old

[yeukhon → grinsekatze]

I thought earning enough karma would adjust the color to default, I guesd I am wrong.

[singularity2001 → reichardt]

I honestly always assumed these are verified celebrities with a million karma.

[blattimwind → reichardt]

New account

[favadi → reichardt]

I always thought they are original poster.

[mercer → favadi]

That's red, I think.

[mintplant → mercer]

If you mean orange:

> Additionally, founders of YC companies see each other's usernames show up in orange, which--although not an explicit benefit--does allow fellow YC founders to immediately identify one another in discussions.

Submitters' names aren't highlighted in any way.

[mercer → mintplant]

Thought I was going crazy for a bit, but submitters names do show up in red for me. Possibly an extra feature of the Hacker News Enhancement Suite :). TIL.

[minimaxir → reichardt]

Good catch. Added.