Ask HN: How many Karma points do I need to downvote?

15 points·kelukelugames··13 comments

PG set the downvote threshold to 500 [1].

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1853529

Thank you for the link.

Hasn't there been speculation that this has changed since?

Based on user stories. it appears that the algorithm that upgrades users to allow downvoting may only run periodically. So people hit 500 or 501 but don't instantly get the ability.

For what it's worth I was just about to get the downvote when the threshold went from 200 to 500. I thought, how will I ever get that many points? because back then 200 seemed like a lot.

There's no need to speculate. It's 500. Or, uh, 501: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7606199.

And are there any other perks when you reach certain threshold?

I think the 3 'perks' are: - flag posts at 20 points; - create a poll at 200 points; - downvote at 500 points

What are flags for? Moderator attention? I've never clicked.

Create a poll? Is there a special interface for it?

I have 1.8k points and nothing about polls in /submit.

There's a url, it's mentioned in the faq:

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

Thanks, looks like I should read the FAQ more often...

https://news.ycombinator.com/newpoll

You can also change the color of your headline bar at around 200 karma, I think. Note that the downvote threshold only allows downvotes on comments, not stories.

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