You need to have more karma points on your profile. The downvote privilege has been at around 500 karma points (for a long time). That point is only the thresho

You need to have more karma points on your profile. The downvote privilege has been at around 500 karma points (for a long time). That point is only the threshold, and the privilege is granted after going above that threshold. But it supposedly increases over time. The Unofficial Hacker News FAQ [1] has a lot more information. [1]: https://www.jacquesmattheij.com/the-unofficial-hn-faq https://www.jacquesmattheij.com/the-unofficial-hn-faq