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Really? It's impossible to downvote submissions? That's ridiculous.

kristopolous 13y ago
Here's what I see @ karma 579: http://i.imgur.com/eKkzXgL.png http://i.imgur.com/eKkzXgL.png ... perhaps I get down arrows for submissions at a certain threshold? I don't know. Edit: The answer is "there are none". from http://ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html http://ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html: "Why don't I see down arrows? There are no down arrows on submissions. They only appear on comments after users reach a certain karma threshold." So I guess a collusion of puppet accounts in some script that automates upvoting can be used to game the system pretty easily without the story falling from grace for a while - as there exists no mechanism for the community to do so.
- jackmaney 13y ago
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3rhQc666Sg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3rhQc666Sg
- waterlesscloud 13y ago
  While there's no downvoting for submissions, they can be flagged by users with a certain karma level. Flagging acts like a heavily weighted downvote for moving a story down the list, and at a certain number of flag the story is made [dead] and no longer appears at all to most users. Of course, flag too many of the wrong stories, like I apparently did, and you lose the ability to flag. So we get what we get.
  - kristopolous 13y ago
    oh I indeed have the flag link. I thought that was only to be used in dire circumstances - like people posting a large stash of say, credit card information or child pornography - not for a story which I thought had bad science (such as this)
    - ars 13y ago
      You are correct. If you abuse flag for stories you disagree with your flag privileges will be taken away.
      - waterlesscloud 13y ago
        I flagged most non-tech political stories because I think they rarely lead to interesting conversations. Apparently that was "abuse" of flagging. It would have been nice to have had some guidelines. Ah well, we still get plenty of political stories, and they still turn into 99% tribal warfare.

Here's what I see @ karma 579: http://i.imgur.com/eKkzXgL.png http://i.imgur.com/eKkzXgL.png ... perhaps I get down arrows for submissions at a certain threshold? I don't know. Edit: The answer is "there are none". from http://ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html http://ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html: "Why don't I see down arrows? There are no down arrows on submissions. They only appear on comments after users reach a certain karma threshold." So I guess a collusion of puppet accounts in some script that automates upvoting can be used to game the system pretty easily without the story falling from grace for a while - as there exists no mechanism for the community to do so.

jackmaney 13y ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3rhQc666Sg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3rhQc666Sg
waterlesscloud 13y ago
While there's no downvoting for submissions, they can be flagged by users with a certain karma level. Flagging acts like a heavily weighted downvote for moving a story down the list, and at a certain number of flag the story is made [dead] and no longer appears at all to most users. Of course, flag too many of the wrong stories, like I apparently did, and you lose the ability to flag. So we get what we get.
- kristopolous 13y ago
  oh I indeed have the flag link. I thought that was only to be used in dire circumstances - like people posting a large stash of say, credit card information or child pornography - not for a story which I thought had bad science (such as this)
  - ars 13y ago
    You are correct. If you abuse flag for stories you disagree with your flag privileges will be taken away.
    - waterlesscloud 13y ago
      I flagged most non-tech political stories because I think they rarely lead to interesting conversations. Apparently that was "abuse" of flagging. It would have been nice to have had some guidelines. Ah well, we still get plenty of political stories, and they still turn into 99% tribal warfare.