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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.