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Re:HN: New flag feature by pmjordan on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @12:51PM (#226436)
Presumably, you're wasting moderator time, for which you will burn in hell eternally! By which I mean, you might lose navbar colour and flagging privileges.
Re:HN: New flag feature by wensing on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @12:59PM (#226457)
Navbar colour?

I have 143 karma but I don't see that yet (although I do see 'flag'). Hmm.

Re:HN: New flag feature by pmjordan on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @01:02PM (#226463)
Er, I didn't say nothing about the navbar secret. >_>

Seriously, you get to change the colour of the orange bar at the top when you're at or above 250 karma. Either then or if you can be bothered to set up some user CSS or javascript. :) No idea if there are further perks beyond that.

Re:HN: New flag feature by mechanical_fish on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @01:07PM (#226475)
When you hit 2001 karma you become the Star-Child.

Okay, not really. In fact, I'm not sure there are any perks beyond that, either. :)

Re:HN: New flag feature by icey on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @02:19PM (#226601)
That brings up a pretty valid point - has anyone broken down what happens with what level of karma?

I know at 5 you can downvote comments, and at 250 you can change your bar color. Somewhere in there, you can create polls, but I don't know how that works, so I don't know what level karma is needed.

Re:HN: New flag feature by pmjordan on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @02:20PM (#226604)
I'm pretty sure I could downvote from 25. Maybe it was originally 5. (seeing as I joined much later than you)

I'm at 408, and I can't see a way to start polls, so I'm guessing that's at 500.

Re:HN: New flag feature by alabut on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @02:30PM (#226618)
You're probably right about the 25 - I'm still pretty new and my karma is at 17, so I don't see downvoting. I hope the minimum number doesn't keep moving up on me as I approach it :)
Re:HN: New flag feature by Oompa on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @04:14PM (#226767)
It's 21 to down vote. I recently got that ability.
Re:HN: New flag feature by icey on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @02:37PM (#226627)
It's possible that it has always been 25... I've been wrong before, and I'll be wrong again ;)
Re:HN: New flag feature by rokhayakebe on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @03:34PM (#226709)
Those who know won't tell. And those who tell don't know.
Re:HN: New flag feature by coglethorpe on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @02:44PM (#226640)
"you get to change the colour of the orange bar at the top when you're at or above 250 karma"

Thanks for pointing that out. I now have a blue top bar!

Re:HN: New flag feature by eru on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @01:38PM (#226520)
There is no navbar secret!
Re:HN: New flag feature by boredguy8 on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @02:36PM (#226626)
"There is no YC kabal"
Re:HN: New flag feature by LPTS on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @04:55PM (#226813)
"These aren't the droids you're looking for."
Re:HN: New flag feature by as on Wednesday June 25, 2008 @01:32PM (#227724)
That kinda sucks. It's already precisely the color I'd make it.
Re:HN: New flag feature by LPTS on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @04:54PM (#226812)
The first rule of the Navbar cool club is to never talk about the navbar cool club.