Why is there no downvote button in HN?

Question

There should be a downvote button.

jaclaz · Accepted Answer

In another thread today:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36011856user mikequinan posted a link to:https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumentedwhere you can find many details on how HN works (and also some reasons why it is designed in such a way).

slater · Answer

There is on individual comments (you need a certain amount of karma points first, tho), but I think it's lacking on posts to prevent brigading.