diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/application.js.erb b/app/assets/javascripts/application.js.erb
index 451499e..c085612 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/application.js.erb
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/application.js.erb
@@ -7,35 +7,40 @@
 var _Lobsters = Class.extend({
   curUser: null,
 
-  storyDownvoteReasons: { <%= Vote::STORY_REASONS.map{|k,v|
-      "#{k.inspect}: #{v.inspect}" }.join(", ") %> },
   commentDownvoteReasons: { <%= Vote::COMMENT_REASONS.map{|k,v|
       "#{k.inspect}: #{v.inspect}" }.join(", ") %> },
 
-  upvote: function(voterEl) {
+  upvoteStory: function(voterEl) {
     Lobsters.vote("story", voterEl, 1);
   },
-  downvote: function(voterEl) {
-    Lobsters._showDownvoteWhyAt("story", voterEl, function(k) {
-      Lobsters.vote("story", voterEl, -1, k); });
+  hideStory: function(hiderEl) {
+    if (!Lobsters.curUser)
+      return Lobsters.bounceToLogin();
+
+    var li = $(hiderEl).closest(".story, .comment");
+    var act;
+
+    if (li.hasClass("hidden")) {
+      act = "unhide";
+      li.removeClass("hidden");
+      hiderEl.innerHTML = "hide";
+    } else {
+      act = "hide";
+      li.addClass("hidden");
+      hiderEl.innerHTML = "unhide";
+    }
+
+    $.post("/stories/" + li.attr("data-shortid") + "/" + act);
   },
 
   upvoteComment: function(voterEl) {
     Lobsters.vote("comment", voterEl, 1);
   },
   downvoteComment: function(voterEl) {
-    Lobsters._showDownvoteWhyAt("comment", voterEl, function(k) {
-      Lobsters.vote("comment", voterEl, -1, k); });
-  },
-
-  _showDownvoteWhyAt: function(thingType, voterEl, onChooseWhy) {
-    if (!Lobsters.curUser)
-      return Lobsters.bounceToLogin();
-
     var li = $(voterEl).closest(".story, .comment");
     if (li.hasClass("downvoted")) {
       /* already upvoted, neutralize */
-      Lobsters.vote(thingType, voterEl, -1, null);
+      Lobsters.vote("comment", voterEl, -1, null);
       return;
     }
 
@@ -53,13 +58,7 @@ var _Lobsters = Class.extend({
 
     var d = $("<div id=\"downvote_why\"></div>");
 
-    var reasons;
-    if (thingType == "comment")
-      reasons = Lobsters.commentDownvoteReasons;
-    else
-      reasons = Lobsters.storyDownvoteReasons;
-
-    $.each(reasons, function(k, v) {
+    $.each(Lobsters.commentDownvoteReasons, function(k, v) {
       var a = $("<a href=\"#\"" + (k == "" ? " class=\"cancelreason\"" : "") +
         ">" + v + "</a>");
 
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ var _Lobsters = Class.extend({
         $("#downvote_why_shadow").remove();
 
         if (k != "")
-          onChooseWhy(k);
+          Lobsters.vote("comment", voterEl, -1, k);
 
         return false;
       });
@@ -205,8 +204,7 @@ var _Lobsters = Class.extend({
     })
     .success(function(data) {
       if (data && data.title)
-        title_field.val(data.title.substr(0,
-          title_field.maxLength));
+        title_field.val(data.title.substr(0, title_field.maxLength));
 
       button.val(old_value);
       button.prop("disabled", false);
@@ -220,6 +218,7 @@ var _Lobsters = Class.extend({
   bounceToLogin: function() {
     document.location = "/login?return=" +
       encodeURIComponent(document.location);
+    return false;
   },
 });
 
@@ -235,12 +234,12 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
     return false;
   });
 
-  $("li.story a.downvoter").click(function() {
-    Lobsters.downvote(this);
+  $("li.story a.upvoter").click(function() {
+    Lobsters.upvoteStory(this);
     return false;
   });
-  $("li.story a.upvoter").click(function() {
-    Lobsters.upvote(this);
+  $("li.story a.hider").click(function() {
+    Lobsters.hideStory(this);
     return false;
   });
 
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
index afbe546..9e0949d 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -509,6 +509,12 @@ li .byline a.inactive_user {
 	text-decoration: line-through;
 }
 
+li.story.hidden {
+	opacity: 0.25;
+}
+ol.show_hidden li.story.hidden {
+	opacity: 1.0 !important;
+}
 
 li.story.expired {
 	opacity: 0.6;
diff --git a/app/controllers/home_controller.rb b/app/controllers/home_controller.rb
index 87730c3..d0ba364 100644
--- a/app/controllers/home_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/home_controller.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@ class HomeController < ApplicationController
   # for rss feeds, load the user's tag filters if a token is passed
   before_filter :find_user_from_rss_token, :only => [ :index, :newest ]
 
+  def hidden
+    @stories = find_stories({ :hidden => true })
+
+    @heading = @title = "Hidden Stories"
+    @cur_url = "/hidden"
+
+    render :action => "index"
+  end
+
   def index
     @stories = find_stories
 
@@ -38,7 +47,6 @@ class HomeController < ApplicationController
 
     @heading = @title = "Newest Stories"
     @cur_url = "/newest"
-    @newest = true
 
     @rss_link = "<link rel=\"alternate\" type=\"application/rss+xml\" " <<
       "title=\"RSS 2.0 - Newest Items\" href=\"/newest.rss" <<
@@ -76,7 +84,6 @@ class HomeController < ApplicationController
 
     @heading = @title = "Recent Stories"
     @cur_url = "/recent"
-    @recent = true
 
     render :action => "index"
   end
@@ -145,14 +152,28 @@ private
   def _find_stories(how)
     stories = Story.where(:is_expired => false)
 
-    if @user && !(how[:newest] || how[:by_user])
-      # exclude downvoted items
+    if @user && !how[:by_user] && !how[:hidden]
+      # exclude downvoted and hidden items
       stories = stories.where(
         Story.arel_table[:id].not_in(
           Vote.arel_table.where(
             Vote.arel_table[:user_id].eq(@user.id)
           ).where(
-            Vote.arel_table[:vote].lt(0)
+            Vote.arel_table[:vote].lteq(0)
+          ).where(
+            Vote.arel_table[:comment_id].eq(nil)
+          ).project(
+            Vote.arel_table[:story_id]
+          )
+        )
+      )
+    elsif @user && how[:hidden]
+      stories = stories.where(
+        Story.arel_table[:id].in(
+          Vote.arel_table.where(
+            Vote.arel_table[:user_id].eq(@user.id)
+          ).where(
+            Vote.arel_table[:vote].eq(0)
           ).where(
             Vote.arel_table[:comment_id].eq(nil)
           ).project(
diff --git a/app/controllers/stories_controller.rb b/app/controllers/stories_controller.rb
index d0e6f52..3bfb258 100644
--- a/app/controllers/stories_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/stories_controller.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 class StoriesController < ApplicationController
   before_filter :require_logged_in_user_or_400,
-    :only => [ :upvote, :downvote, :unvote, :preview ]
+    :only => [ :upvote, :unvote, :hide, :unhide, :preview ]
 
   before_filter :require_logged_in_user, :only => [ :destroy, :create, :edit,
     :fetch_url_title, :new ]
@@ -201,21 +201,24 @@ class StoriesController < ApplicationController
     render :text => "ok"
   end
 
-  def downvote
+  def hide
     if !(story = find_story)
       return render :text => "can't find story", :status => 400
     end
 
-    if !Vote::STORY_REASONS[params[:reason]]
-      return render :text => "invalid reason", :status => 400
+    Vote.vote_thusly_on_story_or_comment_for_user_because(0, story.id,
+      nil, @user.id, "H")
+
+    render :text => "ok"
+  end
+
+  def unhide
+    if !(story = find_story)
+      return render :text => "can't find story", :status => 400
     end
 
-    if !@user.can_downvote?(story)
-      return render :text => "not permitted to downvote", :status => 400
-    end
-
-    Vote.vote_thusly_on_story_or_comment_for_user_because(-1, story.id,
-      nil, @user.id, params[:reason])
+    Vote.vote_thusly_on_story_or_comment_for_user_because(0, story.id,
+      nil, @user.id, nil)
 
     render :text => "ok"
   end
diff --git a/app/models/story.rb b/app/models/story.rb
index 418ce28..152b12a 100644
--- a/app/models/story.rb
+++ b/app/models/story.rb
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ class Story < ActiveRecord::Base
   validates_length_of :description, :maximum => (64 * 1024)
   validates_presence_of :user_id
 
-  DOWNVOTABLE_DAYS = 14
-
   # after this many minutes old, a story cannot be edited
   MAX_EDIT_MINS = 30
 
@@ -119,8 +117,7 @@ class Story < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def calculated_hotness
-    # don't immediately kill stories at 0 by bumping up score by one
-    order = Math.log([ (score + 1).abs, 1 ].max, 10)
+    order = Math.log([ score.abs, 1 ].max, 10)
     if score > 0
       sign = 1
     elsif score < 0
@@ -226,14 +223,6 @@ class Story < ActiveRecord::Base
       "hotness = '#{self.calculated_hotness}' WHERE id = #{self.id.to_i}")
   end
 
-  def is_downvotable?
-    if self.created_at
-      Time.now - self.created_at <= DOWNVOTABLE_DAYS.days
-    else
-      false
-    end
-  end
-
   def is_editable_by_user?(user)
     if user && user.is_moderator?
       return true
@@ -406,26 +395,4 @@ class Story < ActiveRecord::Base
   def url_or_comments_url
     self.url.blank? ? self.comments_url : self.url
   end
-
-  def vote_summary_for(user)
-    r_counts = {}
-    r_whos = {}
-    Vote.where(:story_id => self.id, :comment_id => nil).each do |v|
-      r_counts[v.reason.to_s] ||= 0
-      r_counts[v.reason.to_s] += v.vote
-      if user && user.is_moderator?
-        r_whos[v.reason.to_s] ||= []
-        r_whos[v.reason.to_s].push v.user.username
-      end
-    end
-
-    r_counts.keys.sort.map{|k|
-      if k == ""
-        "+#{r_counts[k]}"
-      else
-        "#{r_counts[k]} #{Vote::STORY_REASONS[k]}" +
-          (user && user.is_moderator?? " (#{r_whos[k].join(", ")})" : "")
-      end
-    }.join(", ")
-  end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/vote.rb b/app/models/vote.rb
index ea7f536..4f4860e 100644
--- a/app/models/vote.rb
+++ b/app/models/vote.rb
@@ -2,16 +2,6 @@ class Vote < ActiveRecord::Base
   belongs_to :user
   belongs_to :story
 
-  STORY_REASONS = {
-    "O" => "Off-topic",
-    "Q" => "Low Quality",
-    "A" => "Already Posted",
-    "T" => "Poorly Tagged",
-    "L" => "Poorly Titled",
-    "S" => "Spam",
-    "" => "Cancel",
-  }
-
   COMMENT_REASONS = {
     "O" => "Off-topic",
     "I" => "Incorrect",
@@ -82,7 +72,7 @@ class Vote < ActiveRecord::Base
     v = Vote.where(:user_id => user_id, :story_id => story_id,
       :comment_id => comment_id).first_or_initialize
 
-    if !v.new_record? && v.vote == vote
+    if !v.new_record? && v.vote == vote && vote != 0
       return
     end
 
@@ -91,35 +81,22 @@ class Vote < ActiveRecord::Base
 
     Vote.transaction do
       # unvote
-      if vote == 0
-        if !v.new_record?
-          if v.vote == -1
-            downvote = -1
-          else
-            upvote = -1
-          end
-        end
-
-        v.destroy
+      if vote == 0 && reason == nil
+        # neutralize previous vote
+        upvote = (v.vote == 1 ? -1 : 0)
+        downvote = (v.vote == -1 ? -1 : 0)
+        v.destroy!
 
       # new vote or change vote
       else
-        if v.new_record?
-          if vote == -1
-            downvote = 1
-          else
-            upvote = 1
-          end
-        elsif v.vote == -1
-          # changing downvote to upvote
-          downvote = -1
-          upvote = 1
-        elsif v.vote == 1
-          # changing upvote to downvote
-          upvote = -1
-          downvote = 1
+        if !v.new_record?
+          upvote = (v.vote == 1 ? -1 : 0)
+          downvote = (v.vote == -1 ? -1 : 0)
         end
 
+        upvote += (vote == 1 ? 1 : 0)
+        downvote += (vote == -1 ? 1 : 0)
+
         v.vote = vote
         v.reason = reason
         v.save!
diff --git a/app/views/home/index.html.erb b/app/views/home/index.html.erb
index 04db669..91b2a63 100644
--- a/app/views/home/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/home/index.html.erb
@@ -1,21 +1,20 @@
-<ol class="stories list">
+<ol class="stories list <%= @cur_url == "/hidden" ? "show_hidden" : "" %>">
   <%= render :partial => "stories/listdetail", :collection => @stories,
     :as => :story %>
 </ol>
 
 <div class="morelink">
   <% if @page && @page > 1 %>
-    <a href="<%= @tag ? "/t/#{@tag.tag}" : (@newest ? "/newest" +
-      (@for_user ? "/#{@for_user}" : "") : "") %><%= @page == 2 ? "/" :
-      "/page/#{@page - 1}" %>">&lt;&lt; Page <%= @page - 1 %></a>
+    <a href="<%= @cur_url %><%= @cur_url == "/" ? "" : "/" %><%=
+      @page == 2 ? "" : "page/#{@page - 1}" %>">&lt;&lt; Page
+      <%= @page - 1 %></a>
   <% end %>
 
   <% if @show_more %>
     <% if @page && @page > 1 %>
       |
     <% end %>
-    <a href="<%= @tag ? "/t/#{@tag.tag}" : (@newest ? "/newest" +
-      (@for_user ? "/#{@for_user}" : "") : "") %>/page/<%= @page + 1 %>">Page
-      <%= @page + 1 %> &gt;&gt;</a>
+    <a href="<%= @cur_url %><%= @cur_url == "/" ? "" : "/" %>page/<%=
+      @page + 1 %>">Page <%= @page + 1 %> &gt;&gt;</a>
   <% end %>
 </div>
diff --git a/app/views/stories/_listdetail.html.erb b/app/views/stories/_listdetail.html.erb
index 640be6b..4db3218 100644
--- a/app/views/stories/_listdetail.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/stories/_listdetail.html.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <li id="story_<%= story.short_id %>" data-shortid="<%= story.short_id %>"
-class="story <%= story.vote == 1 ? "upvoted" : (story.vote == -1 ?
-"downvoted" : "") %> <%= story.is_expired? ? "expired" : "" %>">
+class="story <%= story.vote == 1 ? "upvoted" : "" %> <%= story.vote == -1 ?
+"downvoted" : "" %> <%= story.vote == 0 ? "hidden" : "" %> <%= story.is_expired? ?
+"expired" : "" %>">
 <div class="story_liner">
   <div class="voters">
     <% if @user %>
@@ -8,12 +9,7 @@ class="story <%= story.vote == 1 ? "upvoted" : (story.vote == -1 ?
     <% else %>
       <%= link_to "", login_url, :class => "upvoter" %>
     <% end %>
-    <div class="score"><%= story.upvotes - story.downvotes %></div>
-    <% if @user && @user.can_downvote?(story) %>
-      <a class="downvoter"></a>
-    <% else %>
-      <span class="downvoter downvoter_stub"></span>
-    <% end %>
+    <div class="score"><%= story.score %></div>
   </div>
   <div class="details">
     <span class="link">
@@ -67,6 +63,15 @@ class="story <%= story.vote == 1 ? "upvoted" : (story.vote == -1 ?
             <% end %>
           <% end %>
         <% end %>
+        <% if !story.is_gone? && @user %>
+          <% if story.vote == 0 %>
+            | <%= link_to "unhide", story_unhide_url(story.short_id),
+              :class => "hider" %>
+          <% else %>
+            | <%= link_to "hide", story_hide_url(story.short_id),
+              :class => "hider" %>
+          <% end %>
+        <% end %>
         <% if !story.is_gone? && (@user || story.comments_count > 0) %>
           <span class="comments_label">
             |
@@ -75,12 +80,6 @@ class="story <%= story.vote == 1 ? "upvoted" : (story.vote == -1 ?
               (story.comments_count == 1 ? "" : "s") %></a>
           </span>
         <% end %>
-
-        <% if defined?(single_story) && single_story %>
-          <% if story.downvotes > 0 %>
-            | <%= story.vote_summary_for(@user).downcase %>
-          <% end %>
-        <% end %>
       <% end %>
     </div>
   </div>
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index e7f7d25..4111175 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ Lobsters::Application.routes.draw do
     get "/newest/:user/page/:page" => "home#newest_by_user"
     get "/recent" => "home#recent"
     get "/recent/page/:page" => "home#recent"
+    get "/hidden" => "home#hidden"
+    get "/hidden/page/:page" => "home#hidden"
 
     get "/threads" => "comments#threads"
     get "/threads/:user" => "comments#threads"
@@ -40,9 +42,10 @@ Lobsters::Application.routes.draw do
 
     resources :stories do
       post "upvote"
-      post "downvote"
       post "unvote"
       post "undelete"
+      post "hide"
+      post "unhide"
     end
     post "/stories/fetch_url_title", :format => "json"
     post "/stories/preview" => "stories#preview"
diff --git a/spec/models/vote_spec.rb b/spec/models/vote_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bec5282
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/models/vote_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+require "spec_helper"
+
+describe Vote do
+  it "applies a story upvote and karma properly" do
+    s = Story.make!
+
+    s.upvotes.should == 1
+    s.downvotes.should == 0
+    s.user.karma.should == 0
+
+    u = User.make!
+
+    Vote.vote_thusly_on_story_or_comment_for_user_because(1, s.id,
+      nil, u.id, nil)
+
+    s.reload
+
+    s.upvotes.should == 2
+    s.user.karma.should == 1
+  end
+
+  it "does nothing when upvoting an existing upvote" do
+    s = Story.make!
+
+    u = User.make!
+
+    2.times do
+      Vote.vote_thusly_on_story_or_comment_for_user_because(1, s.id,
+        nil, u.id, nil)
+
+      s.reload
+
+      s.upvotes.should == 2
+      s.user.karma.should == 1
+    end
+  end
+
+  it "has no effect on a story score when casting a hide vote" do
+    s = Story.make!
+    s.upvotes.should == 1
+
+    u = User.make!
+
+    Vote.vote_thusly_on_story_or_comment_for_user_because(0, s.id,
+      nil, u.id, "H")
+    s.reload
+    s.user.karma.should == 0
+    s.upvotes.should == 1
+    s.downvotes.should == 0
+  end
+
+  it "removes karma and upvote when downvoting an upvote" do
+    s = Story.make!
+    c = Comment.make!(:story_id => s.id)
+    c.user.karma.should == 0
+
+    u = User.make!
+
+    Vote.vote_thusly_on_story_or_comment_for_user_because(1, s.id,
+      c.id, u.id, nil)
+    c.reload
+    c.user.karma.should == 1
+    # initial poster upvote plus new user's vote
+    c.upvotes.should == 2
+    c.downvotes.should == 0
+
+    # flip vote
+    Vote.vote_thusly_on_story_or_comment_for_user_because(-1, s.id,
+      c.id, u.id, Vote::COMMENT_REASONS.keys.first)
+    c.reload
+
+    c.user.karma.should == -1
+    c.upvotes.should == 1
+    c.downvotes.should == 1
+  end
+
+  it "neutralizes karma and upvote when unvoting an upvote" do
+    s = Story.make!
+    c = Comment.make!(:story_id => s.id)
+
+    u = User.make!
+
+    Vote.vote_thusly_on_story_or_comment_for_user_because(1, s.id,
+      c.id, u.id, nil)
+    c.reload
+    c.user.karma.should == 1
+    c.upvotes.should == 2
+    c.downvotes.should == 0
+
+    Vote.vote_thusly_on_story_or_comment_for_user_because(0, s.id,
+      c.id, u.id, nil)
+    c.reload
+
+    c.user.karma.should == 0
+    c.upvotes.should == 1
+    c.downvotes.should == 0
+  end
+end