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I like the system here where you cannot downvote until a certain aging process has occurred. Granted I’m not there yet, but not being able to downvote doesn’t i
by bochoh 6y ago
I like the system here where you cannot downvote until a certain aging process has occurred. Granted I’m not there yet, but not being able to downvote doesn’t impede the value I find on HN.
- toomuchtodo 6y ago500 karma is the threshold.
- Ajedi32 6y agoOut of curiosity, is all this stuff documented anywhere? I've been on HN for years now and I had no idea what that threshold was set at. Heck, I'm not even sure I fully understand how basic features like flagging work.
- toomuchtodo 6y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented
- Ajedi32 6y agoHN has a lot of similar design choices in that respect that I've grown to like over time. For example: 1. You can't downvote direct replies to your own comments 2. You can't see comment scores other than your own 3. Heavily down voted comments aren't hidden, just greyed out 4. New comments are initially sorted near the top of the thread, so they aren't immediately buried and have a chance to get voted on 5. Comments on older threads can't be downvoted
- SilasX 6y ago>You can't see comment scores other than your own I wish you could also see the scores of direct replies to your comments, so you know if the replies are popular and merit being addressed. As it stands now, if you see 2+ replies, and they aren't greyed out or responded to, you have no idea if they're heavily upvoted, or just got ignored.
- TigeriusKirk 6y agoI tend to start a new account when I reach the threshold here. I have no desire to downvote, which I see as a poisonous replacement for good moderators.