> To discourage retaliation (I think) both downvoting and flagging are not allowed for direct responses to one's own stories and comments.
Yep, that's exactly right. Downvotes are also disabled for comments older than a certain time interval (IIRC it's currently 8 hours).
> Since "vouch" was added late, it reuses the same logic, even though the "retaliatory vouching" is not really a danger.
That may well be true, and enabling the "vouch" link for replies to one's own comments sounds like a good idea. You should email hn@ycombinator.com about it -- they're usually very responsive.
Yep, that's exactly right. Downvotes are also disabled for comments older than a certain time interval (IIRC it's currently 8 hours).
> Since "vouch" was added late, it reuses the same logic, even though the "retaliatory vouching" is not really a danger.
That may well be true, and enabling the "vouch" link for replies to one's own comments sounds like a good idea. You should email hn@ycombinator.com about it -- they're usually very responsive.