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Unless your post is blasted into oblivion it could just as well be fat-fingering an upvote on mobile.

• bsaul 12y ago
  Yes, that the weirdest UX feature of HN. In the age of mobile, having two 10px high buttons with opposite meaning separated by 5pixel is absurd.
  • joshuapants 12y ago
    And the complete inability to change your vote after the fact.
    • mavhc 12y ago
      Perhaps they don't want people to use it on mobiles, if they want to encourage longer comments and more in depth articles perhaps.
      • nothrabannosir 12y ago
        Bad UI keeps everyone but the most desperate (hello) at bay. 4chan used to do the same to increase the signal/noise ratio.
        • cbd1984 12y ago
          > 4chan You're right, maybe this place does need word filters. /sarcasm... well, kinda
          • cbd1984 12y ago
            > 4chan You're right, maybe this place does need word filters. /sarcasm... well, kinda
      • deleted 12y ago
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  • azinman2 12y ago
    Do you need a minimum karma level for that? I don't ever have any down arrows and have always wondered. I'm near 500 karma so kinda surprised. Probably in some faq that I'm too lazy to lookup
    • szatkus 12y ago
      AFAIK it's 500. You are close :)
      • azinman2 12y ago
        The power... THE POWER!!!!!!!!!!!
    • crististm 12y ago
      Many years ago you did not need any karma to down-vote anything. That has changed a long time ago and for years I refrained to get higher karma just to regain the ability to down-vote. It seems there is a 500 karma threshold for down-voting comments and another one to down-vote posts. Edit: And another karma level to down-vote comments beaten to death.