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The karma needed to flag/downvote goes up as karma becomes easier to get (HN's growing number of users means a growing number of upvotes). The minimum karma mos
by JoachimSchipper 15y ago
The karma needed to flag/downvote goes up as karma becomes easier to get (HN's growing number of users means a growing number of upvotes). The minimum karma most likely just passed your current karma - you'll get the ability to flag back as soon as you get a few more upvotes.
(This doesn't necessarily make sense, but it probably is what happened.)
- sorbus 15y agoAh, of course - hadn't even thought of that. I'm still able to downvote comments, though, so that suggests that the karma thresholds for downvoting and flagging are different, with the karma required for flagging above 1700.