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Ask HN: Threshold for downvoting changed?
I have noticed over the last few days that I'm not getting the downvote arrow anymore. Has the threshold for downvoting changed? Is anyone else seeing the same thing? I hadn't even noticed until someone pointed out some downvoting and I realized I didn't have the arrow anymore. Even then I thought it might be a temporary thing or something, but now it just seems strange to me.
- bobds 16y agoI think it's 500 karma now, used to be 200.
- steveklabnik 16y agoYou are correct. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1853529 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1853529
- RiderOfGiraffes 16y agoFrom http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1853529 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1853529 > pg > I've often thought of it. The reason I had downvotes > originally was to deter people from saying things that > were mean or stupid. But maybe the right way to deal > with that is a separate mechanism from voting, as it > is with stories. Maybe the right combo for comments is > an uparrow, plus a flag link, and encourage users to > flag comments that are mean or stupid. > > I'll think about the real solution more after I'm done > reading applications, but I'll increase the downvote > threshold to 500 now.
- sp4rki 16y agoThanks a bunch, I missed that somehow. The funny thing is that since someone upvoted this topic I just reached the new karma threshold. Hah take that PG :)