Ask HN: How do I downvote?

5 points·geoffw8··9 comments

Hi all - been here for a while - but never worked out how to down vote? What am I missing?

Thanks!

500 karma

It's easy to reach. Just say enough interesting, informative, or entertaining things to convince people that you're worth attention. Then spend 500-1000 seeing if people catch on.

Just for the record, it used to be 200 karma was the threshold for downvoting back when geoffw8 joined.

Happened in the thread where I got to the brink of 200. :)

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1852560

Down-voting is over-rated. The only think you are missing is these little gray down arrows all over the place.

Here's a link and an up-vote in case you want to add some.

http://ycombinator.com/images/graydown.gif

How many upvotes before you can post your site?

I was able to submit after having 10 Karma points

You can submit stories with a new account. Press submit at the top.

You can also link to your site in the comments (although it better be relevant to the discussion, or you'll probably get voted down into oblivion as spam!)

You have to say things people like enough for them to upvote you 500 times. Then you're accepted into the pack and given the keys to the downvote button... but it only works on comments. You're not allowed to downvote stories.

Oh I see. That explains it! I always wondered what the number was next to my user. Thanks!

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