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Ask PG: Can't flag or downvote anymore

7 points| bhavin | 14 years ago | reply

Just realized I am unable to downvote a comment or flag a post anymore. Is there a change in threshold/policy for that?

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[+] GFischer|14 years ago|reply
I'm not PG but I remember reading that it was a sliding scale based on the average karma... so if your karma grows slower than the total karma, you might have lost the ability.

I can't find the interesting link with the analysis I read it from (it was from around the time PG removed the points), but there's some confirmation here:

http://jacquesmattheij.com/The+Unofficial+HN+FAQ#cantdownvot...

[+] chc|14 years ago|reply
Yeah, the thresholds are constantly creeping upward. I don't know what they are now, but I'm pretty sure they're somewhere above 600.