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"It may also be that I just didn't get it. At a glance, it looked like a semantic game rather than a worthy paradox." Perhaps more than a glance is appropriate
by underover 16y ago
"It may also be that I just didn't get it. At a glance, it looked like a semantic game rather than a worthy paradox."
Perhaps more than a glance is appropriate before flagging items?
"I was probably also influenced by the quality of the discussion."
Wouldn't down-voting the particular comment(s) you don't like be more appropriate?
- georgieporgie 16y ago> Perhaps more than a glance is appropriate before flagging items? I don't know the submission volume of HN, but I'd guess it's sufficient that a glance is all one can afford.
- RiderOfGiraffes 16y agoIt might be argued that a glance is enough to move on and ignore it, but not enough to flag it. Flagging it implies that it's been assessed and found inappropriate, not simply that you didn't find it interesting.
- nkurz 16y agoPerhaps more than a glance is appropriate before flagging items? Perhaps, but I don't think so in this case. The main reason I flagged it was not the 'paradox' but because it's not a direction I want to see HN going. If a rabbi and a priest walk into a bar, I'd flag it regardless of whether the punchline is hilarious. I'd agree that the moderator should take more than a glance. Wouldn't down-voting the particular comment(s) you don't like be more appropriate? I can't really assess 'appropriate', but it certainly wouldn't have been as effective. Knocking a 'funny' comment down from 16 to 15 points wouldn't have even been noticed, whereas using the flag to call it to the attention of a moderator for review had the effect I hoped for.