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Re:The value of downvoting, or, how Hacker News gets it wron... by oceliker on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @04:39PM (#26812755)
> the reputation floor -4 for a comment, not zero as they suggest

Correct, -4 is the lowest a comment can go: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

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Re:The value of downvoting, or, how Hacker News gets it wron... by type0 on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @06:02PM (#26813666)
Do title submissions also start at -4? I noticed that there is often almost a hard line where article submission gets much more visibility if it goes over 4 points.
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