HN already has an upvote/downvote system to surface what's interesting to people here.

> people here

The best communities are ones that do not allow to be taken over by inorganic behavior. I think we can reasonably assume that not all AI front-page stuff is as interesting as other, non-AI stuff, yet here we are.

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iLoveOncall a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You cannot downvote posts, which is an issue IMO.

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skeledrew a day ago | parent | next [-]

You can flag posts though. Enough flags kills.

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smalltorch a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Its a unlocked feature once you have enough points

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Narishma a day ago | parent | next [-]

How many points?

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smalltorch a day ago | parent [-]

Here's a decent write up

https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

	▲	minimaxir a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		For posterity, you can only downvote comments, you can't downvote posts.
	▲	Narishma 19 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		It doesn't say anywhere in that document that you can downvote posts.
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iLoveOncall a day ago | parent | prev [-]

For comments only, not posts. Downvoting comments will achieve nothing when it comes to reducing the prevalence of AI spam posts.

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FoundAnotherOne a day ago | parent | prev [-]

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