How do you downvote?

10 pointsby TazeTSchnitzelvor 14 Jahren7 comments

I apologise if I'm missing something obvious. Is it a feature you only get once you make so many submissions, or something like that?

6 comments

RSeldonvor 14 Jahren

You can downvote only the comments, if you find a post particularly offending you can "flag" it once you have the proper karma.

Fortunately this is not Reddit !

horseheadvor 14 Jahren

I suppose i should work harder at getting the 500 karmas! /me wants to become full-fledged member of hacker news community

ScottWhighamvor 14 Jahren

I would also add that there is a timeout for downvoting. You can see this when you visit old links - you can upvote but no downvoting.

larrysvor 14 Jahren

You need to be at a certain karma level to downvote. If I remember correctly it was somewhere between 400 and 500 others may know the exact number.

jaredsohnvor 14 Jahren

The threshold is 500 (confirmed personally a couple of weeks ago), although the limit gets increased every once in awhile.

TazeTSchnitzelvor 14 Jahren

Thanks guys!...

now to figure out how to check for replies to posts/comments, so I would have seen this earlier.

MattBearmanvor 14 Jahren

I can confirm the threshold is still 500, as I just got it in the last couple of days.

[deleted]vor 14 Jahren