It's my first week actively using Hacker News. Trying to learn more about how it works.<p>I think I noticed a point reduction - is this common? Why does it happen?
In addition to the explanation others provided here [1] are some additional undocumented features that someone wrote that may be helpful.<p>[1] - <a href="https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented">https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented</a>
> I think I noticed a point reduction - is this common? Why does it happen?<p>Yes. You received a "down vote". As to why no one can say without knowing what got downvoted.