HACKER Q&A
📣 josephcsible

Why do I lose the ability to edit some posts before the 2-hour mark?


I just noticed something strange happen. A few minutes after I posted a comment, it got marked as "[flagged]". At that point, I couldn't see it in incognito windows, but I could still edit and delete it. So far everything made sense. A few minutes after that, "[flagged]" went away and I could see it in incognito windows again, but now I can't edit or delete it anymore, even though I'm still well within the 2-hour window. What happened here?


  👤 pwg Accepted Answer ✓
> it got marked as "[flagged]" for some reason

That would be because other readers "flagged" it.

See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12173809

As to why editing went away, maybe it is now marked 'dead'?