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new user so pardon my ignorance but I dont have a downvote button. Do I need to enable it somewhere?

• trca 10y ago
  you need to have a certain amount of karma (number next to your account) for the downvote function to be available.
  • niftich 10y ago
    A few weeks ago I recently obtained the downvote ability at 500 karma.
    • justinpombrio 10y ago
      I suspect you mean 501. I reached 500 a few weeks ago, and left it there for a while... it was such a nice, round number.
      • wila 10y ago
        Sorry upvoted you, onwards to the next round number.
      • tedmiston 10y ago
        ^ This is correct. I was equally confused when mine hit 500 and downvote wasn't there.
        • tempestn 10y ago
          Presumably somewhere in the HN code you would find `karma > KARMA_THRESHOLD_DOWNVOTE`.
          • wje 10y ago
            More likely (> karma downvote-threshold) since news.arc is written in, well, arc.
            • tempestn 10y ago
              Sure. I should have disclaimed my pseudo-code I guess. Point was just that I expect there's a > and a 500, as opposed to a 501.
            • dang 10y ago
              Good guess: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7606467 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7606467.
      • inopinatus 10y ago
        Can I suggest 512 for an even nicer round number.
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    • perseusprime11 10y ago
      What did you do to get to 500? I am still at 84 and feels like it will be forever.
• pigscantfly 10y ago
  You need to have a certain amount of karma before you can downvote comments. I'm not sure what the threshold is these days.
  • nv-vn 10y ago
    You get it after 500
• jchendy 10y ago
  You need a certain amount of karma to downvote. I think it's 500, but I'm not sure because I don't have that much yet. :) Edit: it's confirmed at 501: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12074198 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12074198
  • ASalazarMX 10y ago
    Just 5400 more days and I'll be able to downvote! What a time to be alive!
  • barking 10y ago
    I just upvoted you there because I'm nice like that.
    • jchendy 10y ago
      Thanks! Only three more votes before I get superpowers. :)
      • xenophonf 10y ago
        I upvoted you. With great power comes yadda yadda yadda. Edited to add: PSYCH!! Now it's going to take 4 upvotes to get super powers. BWAHAHAHA!! Edited to add #2: Just kidding! You're 2 upvotes away again! P.S. Dear friends, I'm sorry. I won't abuse my vast and terrible ability to grant or deny imaginary Internet points ever again. -xf
        • Ezhik 10y ago
          That's not how karma trains work!!
        • __jal 10y ago
          With imaginary power comes imaginary responsibility, and don't you forget it!
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• captn3m0 10y ago
  There is a karma limit (of ~500) to get downvote privileges.
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• SEJeff 10y ago
  No, you generally don't get to downvote in HN until your karma is above some threshold that changes occasionally.
• pknerd 10y ago
  You need a certain Troll Level.