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djcapelis on Jan 30, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: How to Disagree

Yes. After you hit a certain karma threshold a down arrow shows up and you are able to downvote. The specific threshold varies, but it's below a thousand and above a hundred.

patrickk on Jan 30, 2011 [–]

"The specific threshold varies..." around 200 points if I remember correctly

wahnfrieden on Jan 30, 2011 | [–]

500 now.

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