Downvoting shouldn't be used to silence opposing view points, but it is regularl... | Hacker News

Hacker Timesnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

paulhauggis on May 28, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: How exactly does Hacker News 'points' work...

Downvoting shouldn't be used to silence opposing view points, but it is regularly used this way here on HN.

BrainInAJar on May 28, 2014 [–]

How does downvoting even happen, I don't have a button for it

mschuster91 on May 28, 2014 | [–]

You need >=501 karma points, then another arrow will appear below the upvote arrow.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact