[otteromkram]

For real. I've never heard of that term until this thread.

Aren't they just neewbs or something? N33wbs?

N00bs?

[lkt]

They use "newf*gs" on 4chan, I assume that word is banned here so the above posters are censoring it.

[Pannoniae]

newfags? if you see this comment, then it is not censored

[huytersd]

It’s been 14 hours so there definitely no auto filter. It’s kind of a testament to the moderating here that I’ve been on hacker news for 6+ years and never once have I tried to use a slur.

[cultureswitch]

I can read it, so it's not even (yet) shadowbanned.

[Pannoniae]

I don't think it will get shadowbanned if it hasn't already got shadowbanned:P

[n6h6]

Or the people who manually moderate HackerNews just haven't gotten to it yet.

[karolist]

You know how brits call a cigarette? For some reason 4chan calls new-posters new-cigarettes.

[aqfamnzc]

They have a different term over on 4chan...

[matheusmoreira]

Newfriends.

[broodbucket]

I haven't seen newposters anywhere before, it's always been newfriends as the slur replacement