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Given the math, code and relation to finances should this be flagged? The nature of the gist is hacker worthy.

• dragonwriter 9y ago
  I don't think it should be, but I'm not at all surprised that it is (and I don't think it's mostly partisan, though there's probably some of that.)
  • grzm 9y ago
    I suspect the flags are due to the anticipation or evidence of the resulting HN discussion, regardless of the worthiness of the submission itself: of the 20 comments (including the dead), only three are about the submission itself. That's a pretty low signal-to-noise ratio.
    • ipsin 9y ago
      I really think it's just an indication of the flagging dynamic. If 20% flags vs upvotes kills an article, all "partisan" articles will be killed. Though I'm personally more interested in this as an article of criminal justice. I mean, most of the times I chafe at "X million to 1" statistical stories, because they're sometimes the kind of bullshit used to railroad defendants, but I do wish we had some discussion. I mean, many there's an honest explanation for payments grouping together to almost equal an even tens of thousands of dollars? I'm not being sarcastic. I want that discussion, I want to be exposed to that potential counterpoint.
      • grzm 9y ago
        > "I really think it's just an indication of the flagging dynamic. If 20% flags vs upvotes kills an article, all "partisan" articles will be killed." I'm speaking of what motivates people to choose to click flag as opposed to upvote or just leave it alone. That's different from the effect those flags have on the submission.
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