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Ask: Do Mods Read Articles That Are Flagged?

1 points by evo_9 10y ago

I've noticed a few times I've submitted articles that are about both tech and politics; case in point one about the senate/congress race being 'rigged' because of how the jurisdictions have been adjusted recently (news to me). The article goes on to explain that various technologies were used to rework the districts. Anyway, it's an interesting read, yet it is flagged after receiving several upvotes. This makes me wonder if this is automatic (aka people flagging it) or is this something the mods do? And if it's the mods do you actually read the articles or do you just have a knee jerk reaction to the title and flag away? Seriously wondering....

gus_massa 10y ago
It's marked as [flagged], so it was killed because some users flagged it. I read the article before it was killed. It's not the standard current rant of the race between Clinton and Trump. I think it was interesting, but it would be more interesting with more examples. Similar articles had been discussed before in HN, I guess the problem is that now some users are oversensitive to political topics. (I didn't flag this, but I'm slightly oversensitive to political topics now.) More examples in https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymandering https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymandering https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Gerrymandering%20&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Gerrymandering%20&sort=byPopul.... I knew the problem but I thought it was more bounded and only changed a few seats. [We have a different system here in Argentina, with districts with many seats selected using https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Hondt_method https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Hondt_method It also has some problems because no one know the 5th candidate in each list.] Anyway, IIRC the mods have some kind of notification for the flagged article, but I don't know the details. For this kind of questions it's better to email them directly to hn@ycombinator.com because sometimes the threads are unnoticed.
- sctb 10y ago
  > It's marked as [flagged], so it was killed because some users flagged it. That's just right. That post was killed because users flagged it, and it can be unkilled if other users feel it should be discussed on HN and vouch for it.
  - evo_9 10y ago
    Cool good to know, thanks guys.
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