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Hacker News basics?
So I've used Hacker News on and off for a while but there's a questions I have long wondered.
First off, is there a guide/manual or something I should read? May answer it.
Downvoting. Is it limited to only people with good karma? If so, how good?
- josephlord 14y agoThere are Guidelines and an FAQ at the bottom of the page. Downvoting limited to high karma, someone said 501 currently and increased periodically in a recent discussion although I have no way to verify.
- zachinglis 14y agoAhh. I was looking on a page where the footer didn't show. Thank you.
- tokenadult 14y agoThe Hacker News welcome message http://ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html http://ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html gives an overview of the community experiment here, summarizing the site guidelines. http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html The Hacker News FAQ http://ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html http://ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html gives some additional details about how Hacker News is administered. The welcome message distills the basic rules into a simple statement: "Essentially there are two rules here: don't post or upvote crap links, and don't be rude or dumb in comment threads." The The Unofficial Hacker News FAQ http://jacquesmattheij.com/The+Unofficial+HN+FAQ http://jacquesmattheij.com/The+Unofficial+HN+FAQ by Jacques Mattheij (a high-karma veteran user here) gives his personal answers to questions that are frequently asked about the forum settings and features here.