A thread on link baiting was flagged down this morning, which started a discussion about people flagging stories because downvoting of stories isn't allowed:

A thread on link baiting was flagged down this morning, which started a discussion about people flagging stories because downvoting of stories isn't allowed: Not to hijack this thread, but since we're having a meta-discussion about HN already... I am (mildly) aghast to discover that people are using the flag feature as a substitute for downvoting! There are numerous comments throughout this thread to that effect. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1477966 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1477966 Maybe it's time to allow downvoting of stories?