Why I can not upvote a story? I am a new user.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4060754

by bwei • 14 years ago

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bdfh42• 14 years ago

You need a few points yourself first (no idea what the threshold is). Post some interesting items or join in the debates in the "comments".

I think you can probably see that this is a guard against "sock puppets" being used to promote spam posts.

octopus• 14 years ago

The threshold is about 2 karma points for being able to upvote a story.

jebblue2• 14 years ago

It looks like on this site, anyone can express an opinion of agreement with an up vote but only some who have earned it are allowed to express they disagree by using a down vote. Anyone can comment though.

PopaL2• 14 years ago

No matter how many karma points you have, you can't downvote a story. You can only upvote or flag a story.

jebblue2• 14 years ago

People do sometimes get their comments downvoted so I'm not sure what you are saying?

tgrass• 14 years ago

I believe at 500 points you can downvote comments.

bwei• 14 years ago

Thank you all. It works.

Why I can not upvote a story? I am a new user.

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