I've just been pointed out in a similar thread nearby (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7446404) that the "Lists" link has been there in the bottom left corner all along. The lists page links to /noobcomments, /noobstories, /best, etc.
Between these lists that have been popping up today and the recent discussion about custom-color privileges, I was really beginning to wonder how much of HN am I missing.
Glad to hear this wasn't a hidden thing after all; just not prominently shown.
When scanning the comments, I always make sure to read the grayed-out ones. They-re not usually great, but they tell me important information about HN audience's biases.
I think that not only do strangers on the internet not want to moderate newbie's strangers on the internet contributions, they don't want to moderate old timers contributions either.
People do not want to do work maintaining a social network for free. Those that do have a vested interest in the status quo of that social network. But let's see what actually happens.
What's funny is that no-one will see this reply to your insightful comment that you posted 5 hours ago. And it only needs 2 out of the 5500 > 1000 Karma users to view it.
In fact, as I write this, I'm considering never replying to such comments again.
Not sure if I've been silenced, as my last three-comments have an asterisk next to them, and I'm unable to find them when browsing from another device.
For quite long time I thought the green was used to indicate a special person, someone related to Y combinator or one of the startups (I think back then it was not so common to see comments from "green" users).
