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I think downvoting would provide a greater benefit to the HN community if a commenter was somehow made aware that their comment was down voted. Maybe next to th

by dfc 15y ago

I think downvoting would provide a greater benefit to the HN community if a commenter was somehow made aware that their comment was down voted. Maybe next to the score show the number of downvotes in red (if there are any). Onetime I noticed that my karma went down but I could not tell what comment was downvoted. It could have been a learning moment but instead it was a mystery.

tokenadult 15y ago
Any comment that has a downward change in score must have been downvoted. Can't you see the scores of your own comments? I thought each user could see his or her own comment scores when logged in. In the extreme case, any user can tell if a comment has negative karma, because the comment starts to gray out. No comment receives downvotes for more than twenty-four hours.
- jaredsohn 15y ago
  You are right that users can see scores for their own comments, but I it doesn't show the number of up and down votes (like slashdot, reddit, etc. do). The parent said he wasn't sure which among multiple recent comments was downvoted. It can also be a mystery if a user isn't constantly watching karma as it changes.
- dfc 15y ago
  I actually noticed someones comment turning grey today but I did not know why. I do not think that is in the FAQ. What does this mean: "no comment receives downvotes for more than 24 hours."?
  - ColinWright 15y ago
    A comment turns grey when its points value goes to 0, and goes more grey as it goes more negative. "no comment receives downvotes for more than 24 hours." This means that the downvote arrow is only visible/enables on a comment for 24 hours. Once a comment is more than 24 hours old you can no longer downvote it.
    - dfc 15y ago
      So I recently had a comment downvoted in this thread about bitcoin's legal/regulatory environment: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2817899 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2817899 I posted a link to a law review article and the link was downvoted. It does not make a lot of sense why...
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by dfc 15y ago

tokenadult 15y ago

Any comment that has a downward change in score must have been downvoted. Can't you see the scores of your own comments? I thought each user could see his or her own comment scores when logged in. In the extreme case, any user can tell if a comment has negative karma, because the comment starts to gray out. No comment receives downvotes for more than twenty-four hours.

jaredsohn 15y ago
You are right that users can see scores for their own comments, but I it doesn't show the number of up and down votes (like slashdot, reddit, etc. do). The parent said he wasn't sure which among multiple recent comments was downvoted. It can also be a mystery if a user isn't constantly watching karma as it changes.
dfc 15y ago
I actually noticed someones comment turning grey today but I did not know why. I do not think that is in the FAQ. What does this mean: "no comment receives downvotes for more than 24 hours."?
- ColinWright 15y ago
  A comment turns grey when its points value goes to 0, and goes more grey as it goes more negative. "no comment receives downvotes for more than 24 hours." This means that the downvote arrow is only visible/enables on a comment for 24 hours. Once a comment is more than 24 hours old you can no longer downvote it.
  - dfc 15y ago
    So I recently had a comment downvoted in this thread about bitcoin's legal/regulatory environment: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2817899 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2817899 I posted a link to a law review article and the link was downvoted. It does not make a lot of sense why...
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