newsfaq.tsx

import Link from 'next/link';
import * as React from 'react';

import { NoticeLayout } from '../src/layouts/notice-layout';

export function NewsFaqPage(): JSX.Element {
  return (
    <NoticeLayout>
      <b>Hacker News FAQ</b>
      <br />
      <br />
      <b>Are there rules about submissions and comments?</b>
      <p>
        <Link href="/newsguidelines">
          <a>https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines</a>
        </Link>
      </p>
      <p>
        <b>How are stories ranked?</b>
      </p>
      <p>
        The basic algorithm divides points by a power of the time since a story was submitted.
        Comments in comment threads are ranked the same way.
      </p>
      <p>
        Other factors affecting rank include user flags, anti-abuse software, software which
        downweights overheated discussions, and moderator intervention.
      </p>
      <p>
        <b>How is a user&#39;s karma calculated?</b>
      </p>
      <p>
        Roughly, the number of upvotes on their stories and comments minus the number of downvotes.
        The numbers don&#39;t match up exactly, because some votes aren&#39;t counted to prevent
        abuse.
      </p>
      <p>
        <b>Why don&#39;t I see down arrows?</b>
      </p>
      <p>
        There are no down arrows on stories. They appear on comments after users reach a certain
        karma threshold, but never on direct replies.
      </p>
      <p>
        <b>What kind of formatting can you use in comments?</b>
      </p>
      <p>
        <Link href="/formatdoc">
          <a>http://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc</a>
        </Link>
      </p>
      <p>
        <b>How do I submit a question?</b>
      </p>
      <p>Use the submit link in the top bar, and leave the url field blank.</p>
      <p>
        <b>How do I make a link in a question?</b>
      </p>
      <p>
        You can&#39;t. This is to prevent people from submitting a link with their comments in a
        privileged position at the top of the page. If you want to submit a link with comments, just
        submit it, then add a regular comment.
      </p>
      <p>
        <b id="cflag">How do I flag a comment?</b>
      </p>
      <p>
        Click on its timestamp to go to its page, then click the &#39;flag&#39; link at the top.
        There&#39;s a small karma threshold before flag links appear.
      </p>
      <p>
        <b>Are reposts ok?</b>
      </p>
      <p>
        If a story has had significant attention in the last year or so, we kill reposts as
        duplicates. If not, a small number of reposts is ok.
      </p>
      <p>
        Please don&#39;t delete and repost the same story, though. Accounts that do that eventually
        lose submission privileges.
      </p>
      <p>
        <b>Are paywalls ok?</b>
      </p>
      <p>It&#39;s ok to post stories from sites with paywalls that have workarounds.</p>
      <p>
        In comments, it&#39;s ok to ask how to read an article and to help other users do so. But
        please don&#39;t post complaints about paywalls. Those are off topic.
      </p>
      <p />
      <p>
        <b>Can I ask people to upvote my submission?</b>
      </p>
      <p>
        No. Users should vote for a story because it&#39;s intellectually interesting, not because
        someone is promoting it.
      </p>
      <p>
        When the software detects a voting ring, it penalizes the post. Accounts that vote like this
        eventually get their votes ignored.
      </p>
      <p>
        <b>Can I post a job ad?</b>
      </p>
      <p>Please do not post job ads as story submissions to HN.</p>
      <p>
        A regular &quot;Who Is Hiring?&quot; thread appears on the first weekday of each month. Most
        job ads are welcome there. (But only an account called{' '}
        <Link href="/submitted?id=whoishiring">
          <a>whoishiring</a>
        </Link>{' '}
        is allowed to submit the thread itself. This prevents a race to post it first.)
      </p>
      <p>
        The other kind of job ad is reserved for YC-funded startups. These appear on the front page,
        but are not stories: they have no vote arrows, points, or comments. They begin part-way
        down, then fall steadily, and only one should be on the front page at a time.
      </p>
      <p>
        <b>Why can&#39;t I post a comment to a thread?</b>
      </p>
      <p>
        Threads are closed to new comments after two weeks, or if the submission has been killed by
        software, moderators, or user flags.
      </p>
      <p>
        <b>In my profile, what does showdead do?</b>
      </p>
      <p>
        If you turn it on, you&#39;ll see all the stories and comments that have been killed by
        HN&#39;s software, moderators, and user flags.
      </p>
      <p>
        <b>In my profile, what is delay?</b>
      </p>
      <p>
        It gives you time to edit your comments before they appear to others. Set it to the number
        of minutes you&#39;d like. The maximum is 10.
      </p>
      <p>
        <b>In my profile, what is noprocrast?</b>
      </p>
      <p>
        It&#39;s a way to help you prevent yourself from spending too much time on HN. If you turn
        it on you&#39;ll only be allowed to visit the site for maxvisit minutes at a time, with gaps
        of minaway minutes in between. The defaults are 20 and 180, which would let you view the
        site for 20 minutes at a time, and then not allow you back in for 3 hours. You can override
        noprocrast if you want, in which case your visit clock starts over at zero.
      </p>
      <p>
        <b>How do I submit a poll?</b>
      </p>
      <p>
        <Link href="/newpoll">
          <a>http://news.ycombinator.com/newpoll</a>
        </Link>
      </p>
      <p>
        <b>How do I reset my password?</b>
      </p>
      <p>
        If you have an email address in your profile, you can request a password reset{' '}
        <Link href="/forgot?id=">
          <a>here</a>
        </Link>
        . If you haven&#39;t, you can create a new account or email hn@ycombinator.com for help.
      </p>
      <p>
        <b>My IP address seems to be banned. How can I unban it?</b>
      </p>
      <p>
        If you request many pages too quickly, your IP address might get banned. The{' '}
        <Link href="/item?id=4761102">
          <a>self-serve unbanning procedure</a>
        </Link>{' '}
        works most of the time.
      </p>
      <p>
        <br />
        <br />
        <br />
        <table style={{ padding: '0px', backgroundColor: '#ff6600', width: '100%' }}>
          <tbody>
            <tr style={{ height: '0px' }}>
              <td style={{ padding: '0px' }} />
            </tr>
          </tbody>
        </table>
      </p>
      <p>
        <span className="foot">
          <br />
          <br />
        </span>
      </p>
    </NoticeLayout>
  );
}

export default NewsFaqPage;