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What's going on here? This article got promoted while this other link, which was posted almost at the same time (and not by me) was simply deleted: "World's P

What's going on here? This article got promoted while this other link, which was posted almost at the same time (and not by me) was simply deleted: "World's Poorest People Are Getting Richer Faster than Anyone Else" https://fee.org/articles/the-worlds-poorest-people-are-getting-richer-faster-than-anyone-else/ https://fee.org/articles/the-worlds-poorest-people-are-getti... I don't think it's healthy for this site to become an echo chamber where the only articles that anyone is allowed to see are all from the same viewpoint.

linkregister 9y ago
Do you recommend a site moderator police the upvotes that an article receives?
- maxharris 9y ago
  No, all I'm saying is that they shouldn't delete articles simply because they disagree with the viewpoint of the author.
  - deleted 9y ago
    [deleted]
  - linkregister 9y ago
    Sorry, my reading comprehension on your post wasn’t too hot. I agree that you should be questioning what happened. I don’t see it in hn.algolia.com.
    - grzm 9y ago
      Besides deleted items, flagged and dead items aren't returned via hn.algolia.com either.
  - dang 9y ago
    You'll be happy to know that we don't do that. We especially don't do it with articles we don't see, but we don't do it with articles we do see either.
grzm 9y ago
If you have concerns that something hinky is going on, please contact the mods via the Contact link in the footer. They've repeatedly said that they appreciate this kind of feedback. As for the rest, do you have an HN link for the other post you're referring to? When you say "deleted", do you mean flagged? Dead? or completely gone? I suspect this last as you haven't provided a link and likely would have if you had one. If it's gone, one possibility is that the submitter deleted it. I suggest you contact the mods. They do sometimes come across comments like this and answer, but they don't see everything on the site. In my experience they've been very responsive. Also in my experience the mods are very hands-off when it comes to completely removing content. Before assuming bad faith on their part, I'd ask them first.
dang 9y ago
That submission was deleted by its submitter. Moderators never touched it or even saw it. We never delete posts outright except when an author asks us to. Moderated posts always remain visible to anyone with 'showdead' set to 'yes' in their profile. Leaping to the conclusion that we're sinister suppressers is fun in a fuck-the-man way, but if you care about this community, consider the systemic effects it has. They're not good.

linkregister 9y ago

Do you recommend a site moderator police the upvotes that an article receives?

maxharris 9y ago
No, all I'm saying is that they shouldn't delete articles simply because they disagree with the viewpoint of the author.
- deleted 9y ago
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- linkregister 9y ago
  Sorry, my reading comprehension on your post wasn’t too hot. I agree that you should be questioning what happened. I don’t see it in hn.algolia.com.
  - grzm 9y ago
    Besides deleted items, flagged and dead items aren't returned via hn.algolia.com either.
- dang 9y ago
  You'll be happy to know that we don't do that. We especially don't do it with articles we don't see, but we don't do it with articles we do see either.

grzm 9y ago

If you have concerns that something hinky is going on, please contact the mods via the Contact link in the footer. They've repeatedly said that they appreciate this kind of feedback. As for the rest, do you have an HN link for the other post you're referring to? When you say "deleted", do you mean flagged? Dead? or completely gone? I suspect this last as you haven't provided a link and likely would have if you had one. If it's gone, one possibility is that the submitter deleted it. I suggest you contact the mods. They do sometimes come across comments like this and answer, but they don't see everything on the site. In my experience they've been very responsive. Also in my experience the mods are very hands-off when it comes to completely removing content. Before assuming bad faith on their part, I'd ask them first.

dang 9y ago

That submission was deleted by its submitter. Moderators never touched it or even saw it. We never delete posts outright except when an author asks us to. Moderated posts always remain visible to anyone with 'showdead' set to 'yes' in their profile. Leaping to the conclusion that we're sinister suppressers is fun in a fuck-the-man way, but if you care about this community, consider the systemic effects it has. They're not good.