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		bpourriahi on Nov 19, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How is HN karma calculated? Can someone explain how to downvote something? I only see an up arrow next to posts.

kingsidharth on Nov 19, 2010 [–]

You can down-vote after reaching a particular karma threshold.

zdw on Nov 19, 2010 | [–]

At this point, you need 500 karma to downvote, per pg:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1853529

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