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Ask HN: where'd my ability to downvote go?

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Re: Ask HN: where'd my ability to downvote go?

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Post by xelfer »

mixmax wrote: post #2

I can still downvote, so presumably the threshold has been moved up a bit. Just write a few more insightful comments or submit some good stories and you'll probably be able to downvote again.

Thanks. Was just wondering if it was something I did wrong. If the threshold changed that's fine. :)

Re: Ask HN: where'd my ability to downvote go?

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Post by profquail »

mixmax wrote: post #2

I can still downvote, so presumably the threshold has been moved up a bit. Just write a few more insightful comments or submit some good stories and you'll probably be able to downvote again.

I can still downvote as well, so that may give a slightly better idea of the new threshold value (you're in the top 25 on the leaderboard, so it's hard to predict the threshold value from your karma level).

In any case, why isn't the threshold value set dynamically? Maybe something like "if the user is within the top 70% of karma earners for the past week AND within the top 85% of karma earners all time" then allow them to downvote. This way it always adjusts to the traffic on the site and doesn't need to be manually changed unless you want to tweak the parameters a bit.

Re: Ask HN: where'd my ability to downvote go?

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Post by mixmax »

profquail wrote: post #5
mixmax wrote: post #2

I can still downvote, so presumably the threshold has been moved up a bit. Just write a few more insightful comments or submit some good stories and you'll probably be able to downvote again.

I can still downvote as well, so that may give a slightly better idea of the new threshold value (you're in the top 25 on the leaderboard, so it's hard to predict the threshold value from your karma level). In any case, why isn't the threshold value set dynamically? Maybe something like "if the user is within the top 70% of karma earners for the past week AND within the top 85% of karma earners all time" then allow t…

Yeah, I spend way too much time on this site :-)

Re: Ask HN: where'd my ability to downvote go?

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Post by jacquesm »

xelfer wrote: post #6
ionfish wrote: post #4

This change was noted in the recent Arc 3.1 release discussion. Based on that comment I think the threshold is now 200 karma. http://arclanguage.org/item?id=10254

Thanks for that.

63... correction 61 points to go.

It's probably a reflection of the size of HN. The more popular it gets the more people are flowing in at the bottom, to keep the place from descending into mayhem the karma thresholds can be ratcheted up.

200 still seems pretty low though.

Re: Ask HN: where'd my ability to downvote go?

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Post by jacquesm »

mixmax wrote: post #7
profquail wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can still downvote as well, so that may give a slightly better idea of the new threshold value (you're in the top 25 on the leaderboard, so it's hard to predict the threshold value from your karma level). In any case, why isn't the threshold value set dynamically? Maybe something like "if the user is within the top 70% of karma earners for the past week AND within the top 85% of karma earners all time" then allow t…

Yeah, I spend way too much time on this site :-)

Being on HN (no matter how much time you spend here) is probably one of the best learning experiences and ways to invest your time there is.

My daily reading list is usually just about exhausted by the time I go to bed, if HN gets any bigger I'll have to get more selective about what I read.

So much interesting stuff gets posted here.

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