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You can't downvote a post, so that's not a factor. Also it's not as powerful as you think. In the past I have spent a lot of time looking at /new, and upvoting
by freedomben 9mo ago
You can't downvote a post, so that's not a factor.
Also it's not as powerful as you think. In the past I have spent a lot of time looking at /new, and upvoting stories that I think should be surfaced. The vast majority of them still never hit near the front page.
It's a real shame, because some of the best and most relevant submissions don't seem to make it.
- oceansweep 9mo agoYou can absolutely downvote posts. You have to have a certain amount of karma before the option becomes available.
- digiown 9mo agoNo I was wrong. You can't downvote posts. Flags are used instead, apparently.
- freedomben 9mo agoYes, and I will fully agree with you that flags are overpowered. That system does need to be re-worked IMHO.
- nebezb 9mo agofreedomben has 28k karma. I don’t think the downvote button is coming.
- tuhgdetzhh 9mo agoIf you are in a company like e.g. ClickHouse and share a new HN Submission of ClickHouse via the internal Slack to #general, then you easily get enough upvotes for the front page.