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Ask HN: Why the heck do I have minus points on HN?

5 points by ulrischa 3y ago

ulrischa 3y ago
Now flagged? Why?
thesuperbigfrog 3y ago
"How is a user's karma calculated? Roughly, the number of upvotes on their posts minus the number of downvotes. These don't match up exactly. Some votes are dropped by anti-abuse software." Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
- ulrischa 3y ago
  Ah ok thanks for that link. Now I see why I can not downvote
throwawayixnay 3y ago
[flagged]
mdwalters 3y ago
it means you have been downvoted a number of times
- ulrischa 3y ago
  How does downvote work? I only see a 'up' arrow?
  - wrycoder 3y ago
    After you get 350 (I think) karma, the downvote buttons appear.
    - ulrischa 3y ago
      Thanks
    - latexr 3y ago
      It’s at 501 karma. https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#downvoting-comments https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#downvo...
ulrischa 3y ago
I have the feeling HN is not very newcomer friendly. I did not post any shit and got a lot of downvotes
- latexr 3y ago
  You can’t get downvotes without posting. And unless your account is under two weeks old (green username) someone would have to go out of their way (deliberately check your profile) to know if you’re a newcomer. Looking at your account and the greyness of its posts, most downvotes might have come from the same comment¹. Because you don’t have a lot of posts, it made a dent. I see no reason to believe that was due to you being new (which you’re technically not; your account is three months old). ¹ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35770958 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35770958
  - ulrischa 3y ago
    Ok three month is new to me. How can you see the downvotes come from the comment?
    - latexr 3y ago
      > three month is new to me. Nonetheless, others reading your comments won’t know if your account is three months or three years old unless they deliberately go into your profile. In other words, it takes effort to identify newcomers. In addition, downvoting is only possible during the first 24h since a comment was made. > How can you see the downvotes come from the comment? Downvoted comments become a lighter colour. That was the only grey comment in your account.
    - ulrischa 3y ago
      And again downvote? What's up? I just asked how to see it...
      - ulrischa 3y ago
        I also got a downvote for my first post: Waste Heat Calculator

5 points by ulrischa 3y ago

Now flagged? Why?

"How is a user's karma calculated? Roughly, the number of upvotes on their posts minus the number of downvotes. These don't match up exactly. Some votes are dropped by anti-abuse software." Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

ulrischa 3y ago
Ah ok thanks for that link. Now I see why I can not downvote

throwawayixnay 3y ago

[flagged]

mdwalters 3y ago

it means you have been downvoted a number of times

ulrischa 3y ago
How does downvote work? I only see a 'up' arrow?
- wrycoder 3y ago
  After you get 350 (I think) karma, the downvote buttons appear.
  - ulrischa 3y ago
    Thanks
  - latexr 3y ago
    It’s at 501 karma. https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#downvoting-comments https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#downvo...

ulrischa 3y ago

I have the feeling HN is not very newcomer friendly. I did not post any shit and got a lot of downvotes

latexr 3y ago
You can’t get downvotes without posting. And unless your account is under two weeks old (green username) someone would have to go out of their way (deliberately check your profile) to know if you’re a newcomer. Looking at your account and the greyness of its posts, most downvotes might have come from the same comment¹. Because you don’t have a lot of posts, it made a dent. I see no reason to believe that was due to you being new (which you’re technically not; your account is three months old). ¹ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35770958 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35770958
- ulrischa 3y ago
  Ok three month is new to me. How can you see the downvotes come from the comment?
  - latexr 3y ago
    > three month is new to me. Nonetheless, others reading your comments won’t know if your account is three months or three years old unless they deliberately go into your profile. In other words, it takes effort to identify newcomers. In addition, downvoting is only possible during the first 24h since a comment was made. > How can you see the downvotes come from the comment? Downvoted comments become a lighter colour. That was the only grey comment in your account.
  - ulrischa 3y ago
    And again downvote? What's up? I just asked how to see it...
    - ulrischa 3y ago
      I also got a downvote for my first post: Waste Heat Calculator