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Another active HN thread on this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12037042 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12037042
by forgottenpass 10y ago
Another active HN thread on this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12037042 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12037042
- chvid 10y agoFlagged and not on the front page.
- rancor 10y agoVery likely the work of Hillary's shill force, pretty low odds they don't follow this site when major news comes out.
- dang 10y agoIt's against the rules here to fling 'astroturfing' and 'shill' around without evidence, so please don't do that.
- rancor 10y agoSorry, I thought it was common knowledge that people associated with her campaign were engaging in this type of activity: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/04/21/hillary-pac-spends-1-million-to-correct-commenters-on-reddit-and-facebook.html http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/04/21/hillary-pac... . I'd look hard at the logs, it certainly feels suspicious to me, although admittedly I haven't seen any commentator action suggesting anything other than a flagging campaign.
- robotjosh 10y agoThe record correctors are quick to point out that you aren't allowed to identify them, its part of the script they get whether or not its really a rule here.
- killface 10y agowhy would a pro-hillary group flag a story on here that says she's not guilty of crimes (or at least that charges won't be pursued due to the actions not warranting criminal prosecution)? I'm literally in disbelief about how people think it's Hillary trying to hide these discussions. Liberal media, indeed...
- robotjosh 10y agoThis story shows how clinton is a liar. The lies started with "the personal server was only used for personal communications", when that was found to be a lie it changed to "no classified info was ever on the server", and when that lie was found out it was changed to "the only classified info was retroactively classified", and when that was found out to be a lie, it just went on and on until everything the most cynical observer alleged turned out to be true.
- k-mcgrady 10y agoSomething needs to be done about this in my opinion. More and more over the last few months I've seen posts get flagged within minutes simply because someone disagrees with the content. Flagging should be for stuff that's irrelevant to HN and poor computer security practices by the woman running for president seems relevant to me - especially compared with a lot of the other stuff that gets upvoted.
- chvid 10y agoI agree. This case (HRC's emails) is world news and has a strong technical component. The flagged post links directly to the statement of the FBI. It is a neutral source and a better read than a lot of the news sites. It is sad that HN in practice censors this stuff just because it is political.
- jobu 10y agoIt's political. Many people prefer to keep politics out of HN, and so it gets flag-killed. I don't really agree, but I can understand the desire for a politics-free area.
- atom-morgan 10y agoLike Snowden. Oh wait...
- shitgoose 10y agoWhat is wrong with political discussions, as long as people are respectful of each others' views?
- killface 10y agoBecause the people who demand respectful discourse are the ones who rarely participate in it themselves.
- dang 10y agoIt seems relevant to you and off-topic to others. In such cases the votes and flags combine to produce a community verdict. Nothing has changed about that in the last few months. We sometimes turn off user flags in exceptional cases but this doesn't seem like one to me.