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What happened to the "vouch" button? This seems like an interesting, non-spam, somewhat tech related (well and politics, but something about the role or perceiv
by natch 10y ago
What happened to the "vouch" button? This seems like an interesting, non-spam, somewhat tech related (well and politics, but something about the role or perceived role of tech companies in politics) article. Not sure if I agree with it, but it doesn't seem deserving of a flag.
- jarcane 10y agoThou shalt not question the Holy Algorithm in the halls of Hacker News.
- sctb 10y agoThe vouch button appears when a story is flagged to the extent that it's killed, but [flagged] can appear before then.
- dredmorbius 10y agoHN has been one of the more civilised corners of the Web, and I've commented on that specifically. In the past days and weeks, but most especially since November 8's election, the tone as soured considerably, and I'm seeing active and non-derailed discussions such as this getting flagged. (I'd submitted the link myself, only to learn it was a dupe.) HN relies on the wisdom of crowds -- my suggestion would be to consider crowds only a first approximation of wisdom. The site Advogato -- an old-school online forum from the late 1990s -- had the idea of a trust graph. I'm not sure that's an ultimate solution either, but the idea that you exercise specific judgement, overriding user actions, seems to be coming back into vogue.