Yep - it would also be great if HN provided an indicator of which way you voted. As it stands, I'd say I probably get it right about 75% of the time, but who knows? It's impossible to tell if you've upvoted or downvoted a comment still; and especially on mobile, I bet I get it wrong pretty often.
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Yep - it would also be great if HN provided an indicator of which way you voted. As it stands, I'd say I probably get it right about 75% of the time, but who knows? It's impossible to tell if you've upvoted or downvoted a comment still; and especially on mobile, I bet I get it wrong pretty often.
It has been suggested many time before to move the up and down arrows apart on mobile - something like
^ —- greatposter —- v
The one good that come from the current system is it helps you avoid taking a down vote personally since it could always be a fat-fingered up vote.
How long do you have to be on the site or how much karma do you need in order to downvote?
About 500 karma to be able to downvote comment, I believe (you can't down vote submission).