I have updated the code to show a distinct message for this scenario, i.e. where the user is logged in but the node is very bad. The text for this case is:

A reply falls below the community's minimum standard of quality and will not be displayed.

Thanks to hexhex for bringing this to our attention.

I'm on the train and have trouble checking but IIRC two places need to be patched. °

Furthermore would I personally include the necessary level, otherwise new questions are likely to pop up again. *

I would have patched it myself, but given that there are two places to be patched i would have needed to insert two config variables for thresholds (downvotes and level) to manage it from a central point, and I don't know how to do this.

Cheers Rolf
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Update

There is some confusing code in at least 3 nodes,¹ sometimes a hardcoded level -9 is used otherwise a system wide HTMLVARS² crap_threshold = -4 . Furthermore does Annomonk have two system wide identifiers like guest- and default-user.

I'd volunteer to clean this up with 3-4 patches by adding crap_min_xp and refactoring the code to be consistent.

I'd suggest only need one clause ((guest_user or crap_min_xp) and level< crap_threshold)

footnotes

°) shownote and std_node_display

*) ok I realize now that you just skipped the login advice. Another way to solve it. 👍🏻 :)

¹) + handle_threaded_nodes

²) system settings

IIRC two places need to be patched - shownote and std_node_display

No; std_node_display already had the distinction. In fact, that's where I got the text for the patch for shownote.

sometimes a hardcoded level -9 is used otherwise a system wide HTMLVARS² crap_threshold = -4

Right. The idea is:

1. If it's merely bad (<-4), don't show it to not-logged-in users, but logged-in users can see it.
2. But if it's very bad (<-9), don't show it to logged-in users below a certain level (<=3).
Unfortunately some of these values are hard-coded.

We could add a system variable like $HTMLVARS{supercrap_threshold} if you want. I hesitate to add any htmlcode for this.

does Annomonk have two system wide identifiers like guest- and default-user

Yes. They are interchangeable and both refer to AnonymousMonk.