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Well I'm more critical of the lack of transparency, which makes discussion of the mechanics impossible. As said, I'd understand a flagging because of "off-topi
by anotheryou 8y ago
Well I'm more critical of the lack of transparency, which makes discussion of the mechanics impossible.
As said, I'd understand a flagging because of "off-topic" or something.
And while I strongly oppose a "no-politics" policy, even that would be fair game if enforced transparently.
- DoreenMichele 8y agoWith roughly 5 million visitors a month and member actions, such as upvotes, comments and flags, being part of the formula, even the mods won't have all the answers as to why a thing went the way it did. I replied in part because I post as openly female and have gone through periods where I paid a lot of attention to what happened to articles on sexism or from a woman's point of view etc. Quality of writing matters a great deal on sensitive topics and good titles matter a whole lot. This title is actually fairly click bait and technically a violation of HN policy.
- anotheryou 8y agoI think it can certainly be made transparent. A small tag for a reason like the [flagged] wouldn't be that hard to do for moderator nerfs. btw: I just noticed I don't read the names when reading comments.
- vidarh 8y agoAs I understand it people flag politics more often, but it's not explicitly off-topic, but it also takes very little for discussion on posts like this to result in the type of comments that will result in moderation and/or further flagging. I think the best response is basically that HN is not Reddit, and that's how most people here want it, though many of us (including me) are frequent Reddit users too. Different sites for different purposes.
- anotheryou 8y agoI mostly like the more mature hn audience better than reddit, even for non-technical stuff. But yes, it's a fair thing to say this is not the right platform for it.