Comment by freedomben

13 days ago

You can't downvote a post, so that's not a factor.

Also it's not as powerful as you think. In the past I have spent a lot of time looking at /new, and upvoting stories that I think should be surfaced. The vast majority of them still never hit near the front page.

It's a real shame, because some of the best and most relevant submissions don't seem to make it.

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tuhgdetzhh  13 days ago

If you are in a company like e.g. ClickHouse and share a new HN Submission of ClickHouse via the internal Slack to #general, then you easily get enough upvotes for the front page.

oceansweep  13 days ago

You can absolutely downvote posts. You have to have a certain amount of karma before the option becomes available.

  • digiown  13 days ago

    No I was wrong. You can't downvote posts. Flags are used instead, apparently.

    • freedomben  12 days ago

      Yes, and I will fully agree with you that flags are overpowered. That system does need to be re-worked IMHO.