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Re:Ask HN: where'd my ability to downvote go? by pclark on Thursday August 06, 2009 @08:05AM (#745269)
do you mean topics or comments?

I can't downvote topics. [3446 karma]

Re:Ask HN: where'd my ability to downvote go? by xelfer on Thursday August 06, 2009 @08:39AM (#745311)
Comments, can anyone downvote topics? I didn't know that was even possible.
Re:Ask HN: where'd my ability to downvote go? by araneae on Thursday August 06, 2009 @09:28AM (#745387)
Given the format (that voting for topics is "saving") it wouldn't really makes sense for that to be enabled.
Re:Ask HN: where'd my ability to downvote go? by jacquesm on Thursday August 06, 2009 @09:45AM (#745421)
A downvote could be used to program a bayesian filter though, even if it would not be counted.
Re:Ask HN: where'd my ability to downvote go? by amelim on Thursday August 06, 2009 @09:54AM (#745434)
You can always flag...
Re:Ask HN: where'd my ability to downvote go? by Xichekolas on Thursday August 06, 2009 @10:59AM (#745594)
No, it's not possible. That is what flagging is for.
Re:Ask HN: where'd my ability to downvote go? by pclark on Thursday August 06, 2009 @09:06AM (#745355)
thats what I thought