Ask HN: Who has downvote privileges and what is the criteria?

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by pbreit • 15 years ago

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I see a lot of questionable downvotes and non-downvotes and was wondering who has downvoting privileges and if there was any specific criteria?

ColinWright3• 15 years ago

Currently you get downvoting privileges when you have 500 karma.

This search - http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/all&q=downvote+th... - gives several places where your question is answered.

joelhaus2• 15 years ago

Believe it was upped from a threshold of 200 or 300 karma about a year ago.

Would like to see down-vote capability weighted much less on submission up-votes and more on comment up-votes.

Yesterday, someone noted how many repeats there are of popular stories on the front page; I would posit that this is, at least in part, related to the karma value of up-votes on submissions.

brudgers• 15 years ago

Submissions don't get downvotes (unless they occur at a threshold beyond my karma score), instead they are flagged which - like downvotes do for comments - moves them down the list ranking.

JeffffreyF2• 15 years ago

Republican ideology at is finest. Downvote away.

Ask HN: Who has downvote privileges and what is the criteria?

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