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.

I agree. More info.

There is an unofficial list of undocumented HN features maintained by minimaxir

https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

@OP: You need 501 karma to see the downvote button. Use it wisely.