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Anyone with karma high enough can - and should - downvote comments that detract from the overall quality of the discussion.

Your karma is close to that point. When you get there, use it wisely.



FWIW, I think it must be based on the average karma, because my profile is older and I have more karma than wheelerwj but I have no downvote capacity.

Also, I can't even imagine the amount of contributions that are required to reach the amount of karma you have.


It's total karma, but the line keeps rising as HN grows. I've only gained them when my karma reached 500.


Errm, I think the commenter may be farther away than you believe...the threshold for downvoting is at least 500 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3782174).




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