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On HN, you cannot downvote a direct reply to your comment, so you can't punish an explanation provided to you.
by vacri 10y ago
On HN, you cannot downvote a direct reply to your comment, so you can't punish an explanation provided to you.
- cyberferret 10y agoI actually upvoted @DanielBMarkham, because I thought his comment added value, and he did explain very well that it wasn't aimed directly at my post! :)
- vacri 10y agoMy point was more that if you're being 'punished' for a comment, it's not the person you're replying to that is doing it - that is, it's not the person asking for the explanation that's punishing it. I think that the GP is being unfair, though. Complaining about arguments specifically on the topic of politics? That's the essence of politics - conflict and how to deal with it. If people didn't disagree on a topic, it wouldn't be political. Outside of political topics, I'd say the bulk of explanations offered on HN are upvoted or at lest left neutral.
- wallacoloo 10y agoHow does one downvote a comment on HN? I thought maybe there was some reputation or age requirement, but I've been here a while now & I still don't see any option to downvote comments.
- cyberferret 10y agoHow many Karma points do you have? (top right). I don't think I could downvote until I got to about 1000 or 1500 points, I believe.
- type0 10y agoI feel that it should actually be raised to over 9000.
- nylonstrung 10y agoI'd downvote this if I could
- bildung 10y agoThe threshold is at 500 karma points.
- Semaphor 10y agoI think you need over 500 karma to downvote. I couldn't downvote for my first few years here (and I probably only downvoted posts once or twice since I could)