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This article was, of course, flagged into oblivion within minutes of being posted, despite having 27 upvotes, because Silicon Valley is quite sure that there's
by jellicle 11y ago
This article was, of course, flagged into oblivion within minutes of being posted, despite having 27 upvotes, because Silicon Valley is quite sure that there's no sexual harassment problem.
- Balgair 11y agoI posted the article. I may be misinformed to what 'flagged' means, but I see no reports or 'flags' on my screens and whatnots. I am not a power user in any sense. As of writing, I see no downvotes, just an upvote total of 35. What does being flagged mean here so that I may avoid it or recognize it in the future?
- DrScump 11y agoYours is the survivor that gained traction. There were earlier (and perhaps later) postings that were flagged (I'm guessing because of duplication rather than nefarious intent.)
- Balgair 11y agoThanks for the clarification.
- jellicle 11y agoEvery user who has been around for a while has a "flag" option for every story, to be used for stories which should not be on HN, such as spam. Your posting briefly made the front page, then was flagged off of HN by people clicking that link. There's nothing you can do to avoid it except avoid posting stories which imply Silicon Valley has any sort of sexism problem.
- DrScump 11y agoIt was posted at least 4 times in a 24-hour period; perhaps the latter postings were flagged purely for spam/dupe reasons. Flags aren't delimited by reason. The original survives: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10887846 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10887846 These dupes still survive (as of 0200 GMT): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10887846 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10887846 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10895364 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10895364 Plus the introductory article on Techcrunch: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10884242 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10884242