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Looks like a whole comment thread got deleted because it got too political. I understand that political discussion isn't right for HN, but I don't approve of co
by soVeryTired 9y ago
Looks like a whole comment thread got deleted because it got too political. I understand that political discussion isn't right for HN, but I don't approve of comments disappearing silently. It would be nice to see a note from the moderators explaining that that's what happened.
- DanBC 9y agoIn your profile there's an option called "showDead" which you can toggle to show comments that have been killed. Comments can be killed by mods, but I think the vast majority are killed by user flags not moderator action. The karma threshold to flag a comment is small, about 50. TO flag a comment you click the timestamp of the comment, which will take you to a page where the flag option appears. The karma threshold to downvote a comment is higher. I think it's about 500 or 750 or so.
- soVeryTired 9y agoThanks for the info
- kolpa 9y agoWhen the mods/admins intervene, they usually "detach and mark off-topic" (move to bottom of page), not delete. Users flag posts to hide them.