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Not to mention that flags on HN are much more powerful for suppression discussion than downvotes are on Reddit. I find discussion on this website pretty unrewar
by o10449366 7y ago
Not to mention that flags on HN are much more powerful for suppression discussion than downvotes are on Reddit. I find discussion on this website pretty unrewarding because a story can go from hundreds of upvotes and top of the front page to discoverable only through search in a matter of minutes--just from a handful of flags and an extremely opaque weighting system. I also dislike that moderators here can arbitrarily rearrange the comment tree. I've seen several good responses and rebuttals get buried or get taken out of context unfairly as a result of this heavy handed moderation, which also often comes without warning or acknowledgement.
- TeMPOraL 7y ago> I've several good responses and rebuttals get buried or get taken out of context unfairly as a result of this heavy handed moderation, which also often comes without warning or acknowledgement. The comments that get detached are marked as such in a direct reply, with a link to the context. But speaking of that, I wonder what happened here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20040963.. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20040963...
- o10449366 7y ago> The comments that get detached are marked as such in a direct reply, with a link to the context. Not true, or not (always) true. My comment here was a response to the top comment in the thread, but it was detached without context, warning, or comment and for seemingly no reason. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19809432 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19809432