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Can we have a moratorium on Pokemon Go posts? It is getting really annoying, especially since submissions regarding it have absolutely no value.

by adamors 10y ago

mynewtb 10y ago
Flag and hide is the way to go.
- alexhawdon 10y ago
  "Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate for the site. If you think a story is spam or off-topic, flag it by clicking on its 'flag' link. If you think a comment is egregious, click on its timestamp to go to its page, then click 'flag' at the top. (Not all users see flag links; there's a small karma threshold.)" Just hide if you're not personally interested. IMO flagging that would be an abuse of the facility and just wasting moderator time.
  - chatmasta 10y ago
    Do all flags get reviewed by moderators? I was under the impression that if some threshold number of people flag the same topic, it disappears automatically.
  - mynewtb 10y ago
    I want to actively support keeping the quality of submissions high. Hiding junk like this would not be enough.
    - obj-g 10y ago
      Your personal idea of a high quality submission is not the yardstick by which submissions are measured. You get that, right?
      - mynewtb 10y ago
        Of course!
calsy 10y ago
Why? Pokemon Go is the most talked about topic in tech at the moment. Considering this a tech news site, it would seem more than appropriate to show this content.
- Grue3 10y ago
  It's only "talked about" because a commercial company behind it wants it to be talked about. Why do you think all these articles are popping up?
  - stepanhruda 10y ago
    It's talked about because people wanna hear about it. If the articles had no hits, they wouldn't bother publishing them.
    - Grue3 10y ago
      http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html
      - knowaveragejoe 10y ago
        These articles are pretty far from the ones describe in PG's post.
  - mason240 10y ago
    I guess the dozens of people talking about in my social media feeds are all corporate plants. Who knew!
- adamors 10y ago
  That's a stretch. This is like any other HN fad, like the 2048 variants, javascript frameworks etc.
  - minimaxir 10y ago

Can we have a moratorium on Pokemon Go posts? It is getting really annoying, especially since submissions regarding it have absolutely no value.

by adamors 10y ago

Can we have a moratorium on Pokemon Go posts? It is getting really annoying, especially since submissions regarding it have absolutely no value.

mynewtb 10y ago

Flag and hide is the way to go.

alexhawdon 10y ago
"Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate for the site. If you think a story is spam or off-topic, flag it by clicking on its 'flag' link. If you think a comment is egregious, click on its timestamp to go to its page, then click 'flag' at the top. (Not all users see flag links; there's a small karma threshold.)" Just hide if you're not personally interested. IMO flagging that would be an abuse of the facility and just wasting moderator time.
- chatmasta 10y ago
  Do all flags get reviewed by moderators? I was under the impression that if some threshold number of people flag the same topic, it disappears automatically.
- mynewtb 10y ago
  I want to actively support keeping the quality of submissions high. Hiding junk like this would not be enough.
  - obj-g 10y ago
    Your personal idea of a high quality submission is not the yardstick by which submissions are measured. You get that, right?
    - mynewtb 10y ago
      Of course!

calsy 10y ago

Why? Pokemon Go is the most talked about topic in tech at the moment. Considering this a tech news site, it would seem more than appropriate to show this content.

Grue3 10y ago
It's only "talked about" because a commercial company behind it wants it to be talked about. Why do you think all these articles are popping up?
- stepanhruda 10y ago
  It's talked about because people wanna hear about it. If the articles had no hits, they wouldn't bother publishing them.
  - Grue3 10y ago
    http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html
    - knowaveragejoe 10y ago
      These articles are pretty far from the ones describe in PG's post.
- mason240 10y ago
  I guess the dozens of people talking about in my social media feeds are all corporate plants. Who knew!
adamors 10y ago
That's a stretch. This is like any other HN fad, like the 2048 variants, javascript frameworks etc.
- minimaxir 10y ago