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jermaustin1 2 hours ago

I always assumed there WAS downvoting for a submission once you hit a certain threshold of user karma. Like flagging and other community moderating functions.

mplanchard 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I have not hit it yet, if there is one. Only options are upvoting, flagging, etc.

MBCook 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Same. Maybe flags count as -1 after enough?

registeredcorn an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

(Open question to anyone reading this)

I've been meaning to ask for quite a while now: What exactly is "flag" supposed to indicate?

I assume it's something more specific than "dislike". I take it to mean something along the lines of, "I think this is (sneaky) spam", or "This does not fit on a technology news site, even tangentially.". Or, perhaps something broader like, "I can't describe what the problem is, but this submission/comment should be reviewed by a moderator."

It's just never been particularly clear what the intention of it is.

benoau an hour ago | parent [-]

> The purpose of flagging is to indicate that a story does not belong on HN. Frivolous flagging—e.g. flagging a story that's clearly on-topic by the site guidelines just because one personally dislikes it—eventually gets an account's flagging privileges taken away. But there's a new 'hide' link for people to click if they'd just like not to see a story.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12173809

registeredcorn an hour ago | parent [-]

Ah, interesting. Thanks!

ColinWright 16 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

FWIW: I have over 135K karma and I can't downvote submissions.

fortran77 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yes there is.

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belthesar 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

This is correct. A user is permitted to downvote stories after reaching 1000 karma.

ColinWright 15 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

I think you are mistaken.

FWIW: I have over 135K karma and I can't downvote submissions.

thunderbong 4 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Nope

john_strinlai 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

i have 2000 karma and i am not able to downvote submissions.

c22 36 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Are you able to downvote stories?

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michaelmrose an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Nope I have 10k