On: Hacker News's Undocumented Features and Behaviors

[toomuchtodo]

Do you get the option to vouch? I'm at >26k karma and still don't have the vouch option, which leads me to believe it's been turned off for my user.

[grzm → toomuchtodo]

It’s only visible in the individual comment view (like the flag link) iirc, and it’s only available for dead (not just flagged) comments. For example, I have a vouch link available for this comment:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16439776

You might want to shoot the mods an email to check the if there’s something particular with your account.

[nosuchthing → grzm]

Ah yes, you have to click the [X hours ago] link and directly flag/vouch from that page.

Otherwise it's not an option on the normal comment page.

Thanks for clarifying.

[nosuchthing → toomuchtodo]

See this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16440450

You need to click the [x time ago] link to see the flag/vouch option.

[toomuchtodo → nosuchthing]

Checked it out. No vouch link. Thanks for mentioning it though.

EDIT: The post was dead at the time I checked, but it's possible it still shows as dead after it has been deleted, which I assume removes the vouch option.

[dang → toomuchtodo]

It only shows up when the post is dead.

[toomuchtodo → dang]

It's possible I'm mistaken then. My apologies. I did not intend for my suggestion to be perceived as a punitive measure had been taken ("which leads me to believe it's been turned off for my user").