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Members may flag submissions due to the resulting discussion on HN as much as the submission itself: the sets of topics that are interesting and topics that can
by grzm 9y ago
Members may flag submissions due to the resulting discussion on HN as much as the submission itself: the sets of topics that are interesting and topics that can be constructively discusses on HN are not identical. Both are important to keep HN interesting. FWIW, it's not flagged at the time I'm writing this comment.
- YouAreGreat 9y agoQuality of HN commentary is down and the flagging epidemic is part of it. The problem is sinking and killing discussions that already got going. A minority of selfish users gets to demolish collaborative work that other users already invested in. The incentives are for lower effort from commenters. A downward spiral.