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Why was this flagged?
by Kinnard 9y ago
Why was this flagged?
- dang 9y agoUsers flagged it. Hard to say why, but it might be because they don't think HN is able to sustain a high-quality discussion about this topic.
- tptacek 9y agoUsers in this case were probably wrong; this is a straightforward article about the replication crisis, not a story about ESP. Unfortunately, the title is so bad that the thread is swamped with people who'd rather discuss ESP. A better title, synthesized from the last graf of the introduction, might be "Daryl Bem, ESP, and the Replication Crisis".
- dang 9y agoI agree completely but IMO the topic is still too triggery for HN to discuss it without losing it, and a title change may not be enough. We can send the submitter a repost invite, though, with a different title, and see if starting from scratch would help.
- Kinnard 9y agoWould it be a good idea for people to have to state a short rationale for flagging? Just clicking a flag button is too cheap . . . I've even done it accidentally a number of times.
- DanBC 9y agoIt's a toggle, so you can unflag submissions.
- frgtpsswrdlame 9y agoWhen this topic flipped to [flagged] yesterday the top comment thread was the one about racism/sexism. That may have influenced it.