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Offtopic but serious question: how do you downvote someone on HN? I thought they flat-out turned that off as a design decision, like you see on some subreddits.
by samplatt 7y ago
Offtopic but serious question: how do you downvote someone on HN? I thought they flat-out turned that off as a design decision, like you see on some subreddits.
- andreareina 7y agoYou require some minimum amount of karma (500?).
- cstrat 7y agoYou need a certain amount of karma before it is enabled. I can downvote comments - but not posts. I've got just over 500 karma. I think 500 was the tipping point.
- squeaky-clean 7y agoPosts can never be downvoted. Just ignore them if it's not your cup of tea, or flag it if it is inappropriate for HN
- FriendlyNormie 7y agoOnly vetted echo chamber participants are allowed to downvote.
- epse 7y agoOh come on, what's the fun in this negativity?
- FriendlyNormie 7y agoThe guy I replied to spent 3 years thinking downvotes didn’t exist on this site simply because he wasn’t enough of a windbag to earn 500 karma. That’s not fun, it’s a tragedy. What would be fun is a discussion that leads to them changing this lame rule. Quiet people shouldn’t be punished for being quiet.
- tomhoward 7y agoAt least 500 karma points are needed, but even with that, nobody can downvote a reply to their own comment, which is what your parent commenter was referring to (albeit rudely).