On: Is negative reputation abused on HN?

[kevinskii]

I remember one of my comments that was downvoted to oblivion. I think I lost about 11 points on it, and yet the lowest it ever showed was -4. Is that by design?

[dang → kevinskii]

No; it's an accidental consequence of a change we made earlier this year, and is temporary, i.e. we intend to change it back.