Anyone with 500 karma has the right.
Downvoting comments you disagree with is allowed in the guidelines.
Complaining about downvotes will reliably get you downvoted.
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Downvoting comments you disagree with is allowed in the guidelines.
Complaining about downvotes will reliably get you downvoted.
Welcome to Hacker News.
But I still don't agree with the idea that they have the right just because they managed to get 500 karma on some webpage. That's technically easily done by just saying 'just the right thing' and getting all the updoots. At that point, it's really not worth much.
But thanks for explaining.
500 karma means a user can downvote: that's ability. No one can punish a user for downvoting either: if someone can do something, and no one can stop them from doing it or punish them after, that means they've got the right.