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Of note: hacker news actually does have downvoting, you have to reach a karma threshold that keeps getting moved. Last I heard it was 500.
by Kinnard 11y ago
Of note: hacker news actually does have downvoting, you have to reach a karma threshold that keeps getting moved. Last I heard it was 500.
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- galfarragem 11y ago501. I reached it this week. Too low (1000 would be more reasonable), anyway I don't plan to use it.
- realusername 11y agoYou still need quite a lot of time to reach it, I've reached it in maybe 7 months or something, it's another level compared to reddit.
- galfarragem 11y agoI took years. Only users that added a lot of value to HN should be allowed to 'shape' it. The community needs that people to feel like to continue to add value. In the end everybody wins.
- degenerate 11y agoYou can downvote comments, which is nice, but not stories/posts. That might be a different threshold?
- stanmancan 11y agoI'm not totally sold on it being strictly based on karma. I created my account just over over 1800 days ago and I only have 299 karma. I visit HN 4 or 5 times a day most time to read a few articles and read through the comments. The fact that someone can join and grind for a week or two to get to 500 and be allowed to down vote seems silly when after over 250 weeks of quiet participation I'm unable to do the same. Unless the goal is to push for user participation, in which case I guess I get it on some level.