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Does this article meet conditions where flagging it actually justifies action? To me, I cannot see how it could.

by mlthoughts2018 8y ago

penagwin 8y ago
I'm assuming it's automated so that after a certain number of flags it's removed for manual review. Whether it should or shouldn't be flagged is up to HN readers. Whether it stays is for the moderators.
IfOnlyYouKnew 8y ago
It could upset some Republicans. HN at some point decided to hide any sort of controversial story. It arguably doesn’t much matter in this case, where it’s hard not to hear about it in some way. In other cases, it strikes me as an abdication of responsibility. Most recently, as but one example, when the tech community embarked on their ethics-in-astronomy harassment campaign against a female programmer: HN was one of the fora where this actually happened, but all submissions of stories on it, from reputable mainstream news sources, were quickly flagged into oblivion.
- bacondude3 8y ago
  > It could upset some Republicans I know they aren't representative of most republicans in general, but r/The_Donald is definitely not upset right now.
- icebraining 8y ago
  I didn't follow that particular story, but in all other cases I've seen, discussing those stories has just generated more shit posts. It's unreasonable to assume the next one will suddenly generate a calm and constructive discussion.
dragonwriter 8y ago
> Does this article meet conditions where flagging it actually justifies action? HN is first and foremost community moderated: flagging it is action that affects ranking. The official mods can negate or tweak community moderation effects, but there is no action from them necessary to give effect to flags.
fzeroracer 8y ago
Considering how many people I've seen on HN decry the Mueller investigation and claim everything coming from it is a hoax, I'm unfortunately not surprised that it would be immediately be flagged and taken down.
- icebraining 8y ago
  I flagged it and I'm quite convinced it is not. Being true is not enough to belong on HN. Americans always think their party politics are so dammed important.

Does this article meet conditions where flagging it actually justifies action? To me, I cannot see how it could.

I'm assuming it's automated so that after a certain number of flags it's removed for manual review. Whether it should or shouldn't be flagged is up to HN readers. Whether it stays is for the moderators.

IfOnlyYouKnew 8y ago

It could upset some Republicans. HN at some point decided to hide any sort of controversial story. It arguably doesn’t much matter in this case, where it’s hard not to hear about it in some way. In other cases, it strikes me as an abdication of responsibility. Most recently, as but one example, when the tech community embarked on their ethics-in-astronomy harassment campaign against a female programmer: HN was one of the fora where this actually happened, but all submissions of stories on it, from reputable mainstream news sources, were quickly flagged into oblivion.

bacondude3 8y ago
> It could upset some Republicans I know they aren't representative of most republicans in general, but r/The_Donald is definitely not upset right now.
icebraining 8y ago
I didn't follow that particular story, but in all other cases I've seen, discussing those stories has just generated more shit posts. It's unreasonable to assume the next one will suddenly generate a calm and constructive discussion.

dragonwriter 8y ago

> Does this article meet conditions where flagging it actually justifies action? HN is first and foremost community moderated: flagging it is action that affects ranking. The official mods can negate or tweak community moderation effects, but there is no action from them necessary to give effect to flags.

fzeroracer 8y ago

Considering how many people I've seen on HN decry the Mueller investigation and claim everything coming from it is a hoax, I'm unfortunately not surprised that it would be immediately be flagged and taken down.

icebraining 8y ago
I flagged it and I'm quite convinced it is not. Being true is not enough to belong on HN. Americans always think their party politics are so dammed important.