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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.