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Karma is based on people voting on your comments. Nothing else. The arrows (up and down) are to vote. If you don't have a down arrow, it because you don't have
by DanielStraight 17y ago
Karma is based on people voting on your comments. Nothing else.
The arrows (up and down) are to vote. If you don't have a down arrow, it because you don't have enough karma.
- sambeau 17y agoAh. Ok. Makes sense I guess.
- plinkplonk 17y agoyou are still doing it. Avoid these "Ah ok " type replies. This isn't chat.
- pvg 17y agoGood to remember it's also not 'vindictive pile-on'. The people continuing to downvote the user in this thread when he's obviously confused and asking for help are, frankly, douchebags.
- ErrantX 17y agoI agree with most of what you say; but, generally, statements like: [people] are, frankly, douchebags Are also discouraged :)
- pvg 17y agoOh and I, generally, know. Bit of a non-general case here, though, so I figured spending a few karma points on calling some douchebags douchebags is worth a brief deviation from the How to disagree catechesis.
- ErrantX 17y agoConsidering this thread is essentially asking the best way to behave on HN leading by example seems a sensible response :) But fair enough.
- sailormoon 17y agoCould cost you more than a few points. An old account of mine was banned for calling another HN user a douchebag. Careful now.
- X-Istence 17y agoHow much karma is required for one to get the downvote buttons? Also, in the past there have been times that I have accidentally clicked the upvote button in an attempt to re-activate my browser window, and found that there was no way for me to undo that, whereas on reddit if I hit the upvote button again it cancels out!