If you don't like a post, you can downzap it. This is like zapping, but it has a negative effect on visibility instead of positive. Folks might zap posts that feel like slop or they might downzap an item because they are pissed at the author or because they think a post or comment is mean or because it's a distraction from a conversation or simply because they feel like it. All stackers can downzap. Just click on the three little buttons next to any post or comment and select downzap.

Downzaps are a pretty cool feature on SN. First, like everything else here, they make you put your money where your mouth is. Second, they make moderation "available to everyone and usable by anyone (#619793), rather than relying on some official moderator.

If a post or comment is downzapped enough it becomes outlawed -- which means you won't see it and neither will other stackers...unless they are running in wild west mode.

Go click on your Profile (upper right on desktop, bottom right in the PWA) and select Settings.

Scroll down until you see the Content section and make sure the box next to Wild West mode is checked.