Comment on Ask HN: Why is down voting disabled on some submissions?parentComments−x1798DE12yThere is no story downvoting. At a higher karma level you can downvote comments. It seems like it's not published anywhere what that number is, but you can figure it out easily enough by googling around.−thinkpad2012yFor anyone interested, I got my downvote ability at 500 karma.−stevekemp12yI suspect the threshold is >500, and that most people don't notice the difference between 500 and 501.
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There is no story downvoting. At a higher karma level you can downvote comments. It seems like it's not published anywhere what that number is, but you can figure it out easily enough by googling around.
For anyone interested, I got my downvote ability at 500 karma.
I suspect the threshold is >500, and that most people don't notice the difference between 500 and 501.