Ask PG: Can you explain the new features?

10 pointsby michael_dorfmanvor 15 Jahren4 comments

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?

4 comments

rtbyrvor 15 Jahren

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_dorfmanvor 15 Jahren

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

latchvor 15 Jahren

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).

jfarmervor 15 Jahren

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