6 ms·
Something 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 di
by k-mcgrady 10y ago
Something 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.
- k-mcgrady 10y agoI understand (and I'm not suggesting something has changed with the system recently) but personally I have seen a lot of big stories get flagged within minutes of reaching the front page despite have large, useful discussions within the comments. Normally these stories have a political bent or are world news stories that involve guns, terrorism, immigration and other similar topics. I have seen how comment sections on those topics can descend into useless arguments but often there is still useful content and relevance to technology. Does the number of comments on a post get taken into account along with votes and flags? It seems to me that if a story is polarising people who disagree with it will be much more liberal with their down vote whereas people who may agree with it are taking the time to read and comment instead of immediately voting.
- deleted 10y ago[deleted]
- shitgoose 10y agoIn this case one group of people with similar political views is creating a safe space by silencing their opponents and preventing an inconvenient discussion. It is hard to see it any other way.
- atom-morgan 10y agoFrom what I can see that is exactly what is happening. Edit: And the downvotes come in. You're all pathetic lol.
- killface 10y agoYep. Conservatives and their ilk are so thoroughly convinced of her guilt (and if not this, list off the 100 other witch hunts the republicans in congress have led against her). They'd rather flag and stifle discussion than let people know that her actions didn't rise to the level of criminal charges. It is sad. It's also exactly what I've come to expect. People scream about the liberal media, and yet here we are watching a pro-liberal (in theory... i guess... maybe just not anti-liberal) story get censored as fast as they get posted.
- jsprogrammer 10y agoYou can vouch for dead posts by setting you "showdead" preference to "on". However, I cannot vouch this post, apparently because it is 'flagged' and not 'dead'. I could still upmod it though (probably useless?).