Ask HN: Where's the downvote button?

#1

Post by mpetkevicius » Fri, Aug 10, 2018, 8:01 AM UTC

I've been wondering for awhile now how some comments on HN become greyed out. Is there a downvote or report button?

I'm also having a suspicion that the [-] button on the right, which I've been using to collapse threads, might be the one. Either way, I find HN's UX confusing.

Re: Ask HN: Where's the downvote button?

#2

Post by Tomte » Fri, Aug 10, 2018, 8:49 AM UTC

Yes, both. Downvote and flag.

You need x karma to see it.

The [-] collapses the subthread, nothing more.

Re: Ask HN: Where's the downvote button?

#3

Post by romanovcode » Fri, Aug 10, 2018, 9:35 AM UTC

AFAIK you need 500 points to unlock "downvote" functionality.

Re: Ask HN: Where's the downvote button?

#4

Post by dotcoma » Fri, Aug 10, 2018, 10:08 AM UTC

romanovcode wrote: post #3

AFAIK you need 500 points to unlock "downvote" functionality.

That's a urban legend.

I have over 1,800 points, and there's no downvote to be seen.

Re: Ask HN: Where's the downvote button?

#5

Post by agumonkey » Fri, Aug 10, 2018, 10:17 AM UTC

dotcoma wrote: post #4

romanovcode wrote: post #3

AFAIK you need 500 points to unlock "downvote" functionality.

That's a urban legend. I have over 1,800 points, and there's no downvote to be seen.

I see no downvote on articles.

I do see downvote on some comments (not all).

The rules seem subtle.

Re: Ask HN: Where's the downvote button?

#6

Post by Smirnoff » Fri, Aug 10, 2018, 10:20 AM UTC

dotcoma wrote: post #4

romanovcode wrote: post #3

AFAIK you need 500 points to unlock "downvote" functionality.

That's a urban legend. I have over 1,800 points, and there's no downvote to be seen.

I believe HN takes a holistic approach and takes other criteria into consideration. My downvote button was activated after my karma reached 500.

Re: Ask HN: Where's the downvote button?

#7

Post by gambiting » Fri, Aug 10, 2018, 10:40 AM UTC

agumonkey wrote: post #5

dotcoma wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's a urban legend. I have over 1,800 points, and there's no downvote to be seen.

I see no downvote on articles. I do see downvote on some comments (not all). The rules seem subtle.

I have 7500 karma and I have downvote for comments, but not for articles. I only can't downvotes comments that are replies to my own comments(which I think is smart and is something that reddit should copy).

Re: Ask HN: Where's the downvote button?

#8

Post by quickthrower2 » Fri, Aug 10, 2018, 10:48 AM UTC

agumonkey wrote: post #5

dotcoma wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's a urban legend. I have over 1,800 points, and there's no downvote to be seen.

I see no downvote on articles. I do see downvote on some comments (not all). The rules seem subtle.

The pattern I see is no downvotes to replies to YOUR comment (e.g. this one), and no downvotes once the comment is about 2 days old-ish.

Re: Ask HN: Where's the downvote button?

#9

Post by Tomte » Fri, Aug 10, 2018, 12:00 PM UTC

agumonkey wrote: post #5

dotcoma wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's a urban legend. I have over 1,800 points, and there's no downvote to be seen.

I see no downvote on articles. I do see downvote on some comments (not all). The rules seem subtle.

There is no downvoting for articles, independent of karma, that‘s correct.

Re: Ask HN: Where's the downvote button?

#10

Post by m-p-3 » Fri, Aug 10, 2018, 12:04 PM UTC

dotcoma wrote: post #4

romanovcode wrote: post #3

AFAIK you need 500 points to unlock "downvote" functionality.

That's a urban legend. I have over 1,800 points, and there's no downvote to be seen.

I have 530 and I see a downvote arrows on comments, which I don't recall seeing before.