Not that I have the urge to, but I was just curious how many points are needed to down vote comments these days?
According to this http://apps.ycombinator.com/item?id=745206 it's 200, but I'm still not blessed...
Ask HN: How much karma is needed to downvote?
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Re: Ask HN: How much karma is needed to downvote?
#2From memory, a few weeks ago it was upped to 500, I think. I'll see if I can find the item.
ADDED IN EDIT:
From http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1853529
> pg
> I've often thought of it. The reason I had downvotes
> originally was to deter people from saying things that
> were mean or stupid. But maybe the right way to deal
> with that is a separate mechanism from voting, as it
> is with stories. Maybe the right combo for comments is
> an uparrow, plus a flag link, and encourage users to
> flag comments that are mean or stupid.
>
> I'll think about the real solution more after I'm done
> reading applications, but I'll increase the downvote
> threshold to 500 now.Re: Ask HN: How much karma is needed to downvote?
#3From memory, a few weeks ago it was upped to 500, I think. I'll see if I can find the item. ADDED IN EDIT: From http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1853529 > pg > I've often thought of it. The reason I had downvotes > originally was to deter people from saying things that > were mean or stupid. But maybe the right way to deal > with that is a separate mechanism from voting, as it > is with stories. Maybe the right co…
Could you cite the post for this?
Re: Ask HN: How much karma is needed to downvote?
#4From memory, a few weeks ago it was upped to 500, I think. I'll see if I can find the item. ADDED IN EDIT: From http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1853529 > pg > I've often thought of it. The reason I had downvotes > originally was to deter people from saying things that > were mean or stupid. But maybe the right way to deal > with that is a separate mechanism from voting, as it > is with stories. Maybe the right co…
Could you cite the post for this?
Re: Ask HN: How much karma is needed to downvote?
#5From memory, a few weeks ago it was upped to 500, I think. I'll see if I can find the item. ADDED IN EDIT: From http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1853529 > pg > I've often thought of it. The reason I had downvotes > originally was to deter people from saying things that > were mean or stupid. But maybe the right way to deal > with that is a separate mechanism from voting, as it > is with stories. Maybe the right co…
Could you cite the post for this?
Um, didn't I do that already when I said:
From http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1853529
Perhaps you meant something else ...
Re: Ask HN: How much karma is needed to downvote?
#6From memory, a few weeks ago it was upped to 500, I think. I'll see if I can find the item. ADDED IN EDIT: From http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1853529 > pg > I've often thought of it. The reason I had downvotes > originally was to deter people from saying things that > were mean or stupid. But maybe the right way to deal > with that is a separate mechanism from voting, as it > is with stories. Maybe the right co…
Thanks.