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Comment by benreesman | Hacker News Reader

Hopefully the delay is enforced at the server. Have you checked to see if opening 'link' in another tab defeats the restriction?

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As you guys have discovered, the restriction is in the code that generates the reply links, not the code that receives the replies. I'm hoping this will suffice.

Reminds me of when Reddit removed the vote count on anything less than an hour old. You could still view the vote by clicking details on the link.

May I inquire about your thought process with respect to security implications when you wrote this code?

A. "I know this is sloppy and will be found out sooner or later, but I hope people will respect the restriction anyway."

B. "I know this is sloppy, but I hope nobody will find out."

C. "This isn't really sloppy, as I know full well the security implications and don't care about them at all."

D. Didn't really think about the implications.

C is the closest, but this is not even a question of security.

I'm doing it right here. (I should clarify that you don't need to actually use another tab.)

Yes, it works. Click on link, open in new tab and you can reply just fine.

It looks a little strange to have no replies on the comment at the bottom of the screen (especially given the 'link' feature).

Perhaps we could keep the 'link' exception, but just incorporate its use into the flagging algorithm (e.g. people who use it a lot get treated as if every comment they made has been flagged X times).

That's an easy workaround.

Indeed.

Neat.

Right on.

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