[Analemma_]

Didn't pg actually say that he deliberately wants the UX of Hacker News to be kind of crappy to keep out the riffraff? There's certainly a discussion to be had about whether that's good thinking, but for better or worse, I think it's intentional.

[Houshalter]

The downvote button doesn't even appear until you have 500 karma. It's an anti feature that only affects experienced users.