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Glad this is back on the front page, because an earlier post with the story was flagged: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16576569 https://news.ycombinator
by qsymmachus 9y ago
Glad this is back on the front page, because an earlier post with the story was flagged:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16576569 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16576569
Someone care to explain why this was flagged?
- macawfish 9y agoIt's very offensive to me that this post was flagged. Like red flag, quit reading hackernews level offensive. Edit: I'm seeing that the comments got way outta hand. People are clearly very upset and feel helpless about this.
- DoreenMichele 9y agoFlags are from users, not moderators.
- spoonier 9y agoSo? Once a mod is informed, and the story is proven legit, the flag needs to be removed. In fact, a user made a post - news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18577485 - calling for discussion on the removal of this thread, and the implications of such. 'dang', the moderator, accused him of "breaking site guidelines", "creating drama" and said the story needed to remain flagged to prevent "outrage". So yeah, we need to talk about the mods now.
- CompanionCuuube 9y ago"Outrage" is from users, not moderators.
- DoreenMichele 9y agoIt does break the guidelines and it does create drama. Dang is Dan Gackle. His handle is his first name and last initial, a fairly common format of member name used by such prominent members as Sam Altman (sama) and Jacques Mattheij (jacquesm). He does have a sense of humor about how his user name also works as a mild faux swear word or exclamation, but it isn't the primary reason he chose that handle. I'm sorry you aren't happy about stuff being flagged or whatever, but this is not a good way to try to accomplish anything on this site. The mods do a good job and are generally pretty respected and the rules exist for a reason.
- cwkoss 9y agoThere have now been three articles on this subject that have been flagged off the front page. Kind of smells like censorship, or at least mod indifference to a group of users improperly flagging these: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16579219 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16579219 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16578715 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16578715 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16576569 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16576569
- krapp 9y agoThe story is mainstream politics, which is off topic. It presents no new or interesting phenomenon of intellectual interest, nor does it bear an even tangential relationship to technology. And, as expected, the threads posted have mostly devolved into partisan shit-flinging or complaints about the mods. This isn't censorship or improper flagging, it's an attempt to keep Hacker News from descending even further into the cesspool of politics. The bar for these kinds of stories needs to be set much higher than it has been.
- cwkoss 9y agoEDIT: see comment reply, appears person I replied to turned an 8 into a 6 You link returns 'no such item' looks like perhaps mods used a hard-delete on it.
- DoreenMichele 9y agoI think they probably mean this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16577485 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16577485 So, you can put your tin foil hat away. There's no conspiracy here, just a typo in the link.
- cwkoss 9y agoThanks. Odd typo error, perhaps the person I was replying to typed the URL out by hand?
- DoreenMichele 9y agoNo clue. I post a lot from my phone and auto-corrupt does all kinds of maddening things that make me spit nails.
- spoonier 9y agoThis thread is now gone from the front pages as well. Holy fuck HN, your red flags are poking me in the eyeballs.