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nilkn on Sept 30, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Reddit

I believe he's referring to stories, not comments, as he explicitly refers to material on the front page.

I don't know if there's a karma threshold after which one can downvote stories. If there is, I haven't hit it, at 2129 karma as of this writing.

waterlesscloud on Sept 30, 2014 [–]

You can Flag stories at a certain point, which has a downvote-like effect if enough flags are accumulated.

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