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OK, we are told to watch what gets flagged, but no one can say how to do it? In fact, the question gets censored? The API readme does not contain the word 'fla

OK, we are told to watch what gets flagged, but no one can say how to do it? In fact, the question gets censored? The API readme does not contain the word 'flag'.

kelukelugames 10y ago
Go figure. :) I wonder how many devs work on HN. There are a number of features on my wishlist.
- jsprogrammer 10y ago
  I don't think any do. pg seems to have abandoned this a long time ago, but it still hobbles along. The uptime seems to be better than it was awhile ago though. Cloudflare supposedly takes a lot of the pressure off it.
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- krapp 10y ago
  kogir and dang are the only two I'm aware of, there may be more but I doubt there are many more. I think their general policy regarding feature requests is to ignore them and hope they go away.
  - dang 10y ago
    You never seem to pass up an opportunity to slag us, usually with statements that are factually wrong. Nick (kogir) left to work on a startup over a year ago. As for features, come back in a few days and review what you said here.
    - kelukelugames 10y ago
      Hey Dan, thanks for adding features! Looking forward to it. :) Any chance of open sourcing and letting us contribute? Why is this being downvoted? Parts of reddit are open sourced.
      - jsprogrammer 10y ago
        I'll be on the lookout for new features as well. I'm not sure I have detected one new feature here, so I'm a bit confused as to what others are talking about. >Why is this being downvoted? A very good question, particularly since this subthread is detached and off-topic. I actually think some have custom feeds (or at least, refresh a lot) largely just for delivering downvotes (w/ no other response). Here is pg on open sourcing and features: >pg 1272 days ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5025176 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5025176 >I don't have time to manage such a project. I don't think it's necessary anyway. The reason HN lacks x cool feature is not that I expend no energy on the site, but that I expend all my energy on what users actually care about, which is not features but the content.
        krapp 10y ago
        I know vote reversal is supposed to be coming soon, because it was accidentally mentioned in a thread. >actually think some have custom feeds (or at least, refresh a lot) largely just for delivering downvotes (w/ no other response). I don't complain about downvotes, but lately I have noticed some of my comments seem to get -2 downvotes almost as a group throughout a thread. It's odd. People have claimed to run networks of accounts specifically for downvoting, so maybe someone is trying to clean house, I don't know. Maybe off topic threads automatically get downvoted. >>The reason HN lacks x cool feature is not that I expend no energy on the site, but that I expend all my energy on what users actually care about, which is not features but the content. It's his site and he can have whatever priorities he likes, but I think it's obvious he's wrong about users not caring about both.
        jsprogrammer 10y ago
        I get near immediate -1s on deeply nested replies sometimes (see recent history). Even on comments to detached threads. I'm near positive that multiple people have real-time feeds they monitor and downvote from. Unfortunately, this is pretty much impossible to know for sure without getting to know which accounts vote on a comment, but how else do you explain repeated occurrences of comments in detached threads getting multiple downvoted post immediately? The worst part is, the downvoted post almost never comes along with an actual response; it's just a drive-by karma docking. To what end though, I wonder? Vote reversal is a badly needed feature. I often hit the wrong one on touchscreens because the characters are so small and close together. As for off-topic threads, I'm still looking for where I can find them. I asked a moderator and was threatened with banishment because I am supposedly expected to know the answer to that question already. Certainly pg prioritizes as he pleases, but it seems like the content is very thin these days. Good content can be replicated in places with good features and good features allow good content to be produced.
    - krapp 10y ago
      > You never seem to pass up an opportunity to slag us, usually with statements that are factually wrong. It was a joke, I know you've put a lot of work into improving the site. And I'm usually the one pointing out that thread folding is coming every time it gets mentioned, as it does often, month after month, so it's not as if I don't defend you as well. >As for features, come back in a few days and review what you said here. I look forward to it. I seriously do.
      - dang 10y ago
        Ok, I'm sorry for snapping at you! I do try to avoid that around here.
        krapp 10y ago
        It's fine. I have ranted and made fun of this site once or twice.
DanBC 10y ago
Comments and submissions that are flagged will have the word [flagged] in the name/timestamp menubar, and will be greyed. You will see these if you set "showdead" in your profile to "on". "Watch what gets flagged" just means look at the posts that get flag-killed.
- jsprogrammer 10y ago
  Ah, thanks. Would be nice if the terminology were more consistent. Does 'dead' encompass more than flagged? Did you downmod my question before responding? How do legit questions get -1 karma? Where can I watch the downmod feed?

OK, we are told to watch what gets flagged, but no one can say how to do it? In fact, the question gets censored? The API readme does not contain the word 'flag'.

kelukelugames 10y ago

Go figure. :) I wonder how many devs work on HN. There are a number of features on my wishlist.

jsprogrammer 10y ago
I don't think any do. pg seems to have abandoned this a long time ago, but it still hobbles along. The uptime seems to be better than it was awhile ago though. Cloudflare supposedly takes a lot of the pressure off it.
- deleted 10y ago
  [deleted]
krapp 10y ago
kogir and dang are the only two I'm aware of, there may be more but I doubt there are many more. I think their general policy regarding feature requests is to ignore them and hope they go away.
- dang 10y ago
  You never seem to pass up an opportunity to slag us, usually with statements that are factually wrong. Nick (kogir) left to work on a startup over a year ago. As for features, come back in a few days and review what you said here.
  - kelukelugames 10y ago
    Hey Dan, thanks for adding features! Looking forward to it. :) Any chance of open sourcing and letting us contribute? Why is this being downvoted? Parts of reddit are open sourced.
    - jsprogrammer 10y ago
      I'll be on the lookout for new features as well. I'm not sure I have detected one new feature here, so I'm a bit confused as to what others are talking about. >Why is this being downvoted? A very good question, particularly since this subthread is detached and off-topic. I actually think some have custom feeds (or at least, refresh a lot) largely just for delivering downvotes (w/ no other response). Here is pg on open sourcing and features: >pg 1272 days ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5025176 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5025176 >I don't have time to manage such a project. I don't think it's necessary anyway. The reason HN lacks x cool feature is not that I expend no energy on the site, but that I expend all my energy on what users actually care about, which is not features but the content.
      - krapp 10y ago
        I know vote reversal is supposed to be coming soon, because it was accidentally mentioned in a thread. >actually think some have custom feeds (or at least, refresh a lot) largely just for delivering downvotes (w/ no other response). I don't complain about downvotes, but lately I have noticed some of my comments seem to get -2 downvotes almost as a group throughout a thread. It's odd. People have claimed to run networks of accounts specifically for downvoting, so maybe someone is trying to clean house, I don't know. Maybe off topic threads automatically get downvoted. >>The reason HN lacks x cool feature is not that I expend no energy on the site, but that I expend all my energy on what users actually care about, which is not features but the content. It's his site and he can have whatever priorities he likes, but I think it's obvious he's wrong about users not caring about both.
        jsprogrammer 10y ago
        I get near immediate -1s on deeply nested replies sometimes (see recent history). Even on comments to detached threads. I'm near positive that multiple people have real-time feeds they monitor and downvote from. Unfortunately, this is pretty much impossible to know for sure without getting to know which accounts vote on a comment, but how else do you explain repeated occurrences of comments in detached threads getting multiple downvoted post immediately? The worst part is, the downvoted post almost never comes along with an actual response; it's just a drive-by karma docking. To what end though, I wonder? Vote reversal is a badly needed feature. I often hit the wrong one on touchscreens because the characters are so small and close together. As for off-topic threads, I'm still looking for where I can find them. I asked a moderator and was threatened with banishment because I am supposedly expected to know the answer to that question already. Certainly pg prioritizes as he pleases, but it seems like the content is very thin these days. Good content can be replicated in places with good features and good features allow good content to be produced.
  - krapp 10y ago
    > You never seem to pass up an opportunity to slag us, usually with statements that are factually wrong. It was a joke, I know you've put a lot of work into improving the site. And I'm usually the one pointing out that thread folding is coming every time it gets mentioned, as it does often, month after month, so it's not as if I don't defend you as well. >As for features, come back in a few days and review what you said here. I look forward to it. I seriously do.
    - dang 10y ago
      Ok, I'm sorry for snapping at you! I do try to avoid that around here.
      - krapp 10y ago
        It's fine. I have ranted and made fun of this site once or twice.

DanBC 10y ago

Comments and submissions that are flagged will have the word [flagged] in the name/timestamp menubar, and will be greyed. You will see these if you set "showdead" in your profile to "on". "Watch what gets flagged" just means look at the posts that get flag-killed.

jsprogrammer 10y ago
Ah, thanks. Would be nice if the terminology were more consistent. Does 'dead' encompass more than flagged? Did you downmod my question before responding? How do legit questions get -1 karma? Where can I watch the downmod feed?