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Controversial non-PC opinions are often flagged on HN, because no productive discussion usually results (not just gender, but also politics).
by tomp 8y ago
Controversial non-PC opinions are often flagged on HN, because no productive discussion usually results (not just gender, but also politics).
- Insanity 8y agoSeems to me that the comments of such a discussion ought to be flagged rather than the entire article. But that can grow out of hand more quickly, unfortunately.
- tomp 8y agoYeah the second thing is the problem... You also often see like 100 upvotes and 300 comments and many comments downvoted... HN algorithms recognize such articles/threads as "flame wars" so they demote (but not flag) them.