[quuquuquu]

This is why it is important to keep backups of backups ^.^

EDIT: I upvoted you twice, HN just loves to downvote anything ;)

[yebyen]

When you have to painstakingly earn the right to downvote, you just can't feel bad about using it once in a while.

[exikyut]

Hi, I've always been curious what the quota/threshold is. My last account (i336_) got to 1000+ (before I accidentally locked it...) and I never saw the downvote button. Is it like 10,000 or something?

[sevensor]

Either they tweak the threshold over time, or there are other factors than karma. I'm sure I gained a downvote button well before 1000. I don't think it's particularly useful -- I only use it when I think a comment isn't worth reading at all. I usually upvote people when I think they're wrong, so we can have an interesting discussion.

[smudgymcscmudge]

Your user page shows you how much karma you need to hit the next level. In your case, you need 172 to downvote comments. https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=exikyut

[exikyut]

Really? I don't see that, I just see a karma level.

[sevensor]

I had no idea! Thanks for the pointer. There are more levels?

[smudgymcscmudge]

I don't know. Maybe at 1,000,000,000 you become CEO of ycombinator.

[yebyen]

It's 500 last time I heard, but you don't get a downvote button on every comment.

And there is no downvote button on posts (or if it is, I haven't reached that threshold yet.)

[have_faith]

I think I got it around 500~. There could be a manual component to it?