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New-ish Lemmy user here (a couple weeks), I've noticed some comments under posts are 'lighter' than other comments. What causes this?

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[-] boulderly@lemmyadmin.site 5 points 1 year ago

I've wondered the same and thought they might be new since my last visit?

[-] dabster291@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

I just entered the thread, so in that case all the comments should be highlighted.

[-] Barns@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

So they're supposed to mark the new comments that we're created less the 10 mins ago. I'm not sure why you're seeing the other comment highlighted when it's a few hours old, did you follow a link to that specific comment? If so, that comment will also be highlighted

[-] dabster291@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

I didn't follow any links.

[-] dabster291@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago

Update: the limit seems to be 4 hours for comments, not 10 minutes.

[-] Barns@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the update, where did you find the 4 hours documented?

[-] dabster291@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

I didn't, I just noticed that 3 hour-old comments were highlighted, while 4 hour-old comments weren't (but I just saw a highlighted 4 hour-old comment and an unhighlighted 3 hour-old comment, so it might be something else).

this post was submitted on 23 Jul 2023
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