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IMHE, there's a paradox similar to the Dunning-Kruger effect on up-down voting. The loud strongly opinionated newbies (or even plain idiots) downvote anything t
by alecco 17y ago
IMHE, there's a paradox similar to the Dunning-Kruger effect on up-down voting. The loud strongly opinionated newbies (or even plain idiots) downvote anything that challenges their point of view or their latest fad, while many of the more educated, experienced, or rational users become apathetic.
- hexis 17y agoMy HN account is 521 days old and I can't downvote. Granted, I don't comment or submit very much, but I would assume that getting to 200? karma is something of a brake on opinionated newbies downvoting anything. Of course, this is less of a brake on idiots.
- cmelbye 17y agoGetting to 201 karma is the threshold for downvoting I believe. It may have been moved to 251.
- epochwolf 17y agoAs of this post I have 228 karma. I got the privilege to downvote at 201 (which I got to about a week ago).
- alecco 17y agoHigher karma doesn't certify knowledgeable or interesting people at all. Others answered plenty of times how easy is increasing karma.