What Does “* * *” Mean in Comments?

Question

Hi, as per the title, I see more and more people commenting "* * *" as their sole contribution.What does it mean?

mtmail · Accepted Answer

From https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34719677 - "The software displays "* * *" when the comment is neither dead nor deleted, but the viewer doesn't have permission to see the text."And https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34694341 - "In the future, please do as https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html ask and send such questions to hn@ycombinator.com"

dpkirchner · Answer

I haven't seen this. Maybe they're editing comments they can't delete because of replies?

slater · Answer

Weird, someone else was posting the same question a while back:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34694341Maybe check your browser's addons/extensions?

slater · Answer

Can you give us a link to such a comment?

What Does “* * *” Mean in Comments?

Hi, as per the title, I see more and more people commenting "* * *" as their sole contribution.
What does it mean?

I haven't seen this. Maybe they're editing comments they can't delete because of replies?

Weird, someone else was posting the same question a while back:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34694341
Maybe check your browser's addons/extensions?

Can you give us a link to such a comment?