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Why did this story get flagged? I found it interesting and learned a bit more about the topic.

by mexus 7y ago

spraak 7y ago
I'm left wondering the same thing, and increasingly frustrated that these kind of questions about HN's transparency never get answered
- grzm 7y ago
  Stories that show up as '[flagged]' are flagged by members. There's no mystery or conspiracy here. Given the number of China and HK stories that appear on HN and the tendency for the comments to generate a lot of heat (as opposed to constructive light) and tread the same ground, I think it's likely that there are enough members to flag this story to get it tagged '[flagged]'.
dqonvzpa 7y ago
HN is influenced by CCP. Paul Graham is doing business in China. Any bad words about CCP will get censored. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17763426 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17763426
- dang 7y ago
  Every part of that is untrue.
  - deleted 7y ago
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dqonvzpa 7y ago
Check this thread, you'll know why this topic get flagged. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17763426 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17763426
dqonvzpa 7y ago
I'll expose my censored comments on twitter, thanks, HN!
aedron 7y ago
I flagged it. It is political news and has no place on HN. It's a slippery slope to even more stories about politics and current events, that have nothing to do with the site's raison d'être. (BTW I'm just a regular user, not an admin or speaking for any admin)
- vorpalhex 7y ago
  HN is not only technical news. It is all news which is of interest to the community at large including economics, politics, philosophy and so on. HN is not slashdot.
  - magduf 7y ago
    Slashdot still exists? Anyway, yes, HN isn't just tech news, but it does seem to have a strong aversion to highly political topics because they always, always devolve into angry arguments and HN values "civility" over all else. So the parent is right IMO: this really doesn't seem to be a good place to discuss this.
    - vorpalhex 7y ago
      It doesn't seem to usually devolve into arguments (heated exchanges), but it does tend to include debates. Just because not everyone agrees with you (or even each other) doesn't mean the topic isn't worth discussing, or that the comments are uncivil.
      - magduf 7y ago
        >Just because not everyone agrees with you (or even each other) doesn't mean the topic isn't worth discussing, or that the comments are uncivil. Maybe you haven't been paying attention, but these discussions usually do tend to devolve to incivility. Whether the topic is worth discussing is another matter; this site doesn't like uncivil discussion and tends to quickly ban people when this happens, so it makes sense that it would simply avoid these discussions altogether. These days, if you want civil political discussion, you either need to keep out people with very different opinions (so more like-minded people can discuss finer policy points instead of constantly arguing over extremely fundamental differences of worldview), or you need to have an extremely involved and active full-time moderation team to keep things civil.

Why did this story get flagged? I found it interesting and learned a bit more about the topic.

by mexus 7y ago

Why did this story get flagged? I found it interesting and learned a bit more about the topic.

I'm left wondering the same thing, and increasingly frustrated that these kind of questions about HN's transparency never get answered

grzm 7y ago
Stories that show up as '[flagged]' are flagged by members. There's no mystery or conspiracy here. Given the number of China and HK stories that appear on HN and the tendency for the comments to generate a lot of heat (as opposed to constructive light) and tread the same ground, I think it's likely that there are enough members to flag this story to get it tagged '[flagged]'.

dqonvzpa 7y ago

HN is influenced by CCP. Paul Graham is doing business in China. Any bad words about CCP will get censored. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17763426 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17763426

dang 7y ago
Every part of that is untrue.
- deleted 7y ago
  [deleted]

dqonvzpa 7y ago

Check this thread, you'll know why this topic get flagged. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17763426 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17763426

dqonvzpa 7y ago

I'll expose my censored comments on twitter, thanks, HN!

aedron 7y ago

I flagged it. It is political news and has no place on HN. It's a slippery slope to even more stories about politics and current events, that have nothing to do with the site's raison d'être. (BTW I'm just a regular user, not an admin or speaking for any admin)

vorpalhex 7y ago
HN is not only technical news. It is all news which is of interest to the community at large including economics, politics, philosophy and so on. HN is not slashdot.
- magduf 7y ago
  Slashdot still exists? Anyway, yes, HN isn't just tech news, but it does seem to have a strong aversion to highly political topics because they always, always devolve into angry arguments and HN values "civility" over all else. So the parent is right IMO: this really doesn't seem to be a good place to discuss this.
  - vorpalhex 7y ago
    It doesn't seem to usually devolve into arguments (heated exchanges), but it does tend to include debates. Just because not everyone agrees with you (or even each other) doesn't mean the topic isn't worth discussing, or that the comments are uncivil.
    - magduf 7y ago
      >Just because not everyone agrees with you (or even each other) doesn't mean the topic isn't worth discussing, or that the comments are uncivil. Maybe you haven't been paying attention, but these discussions usually do tend to devolve to incivility. Whether the topic is worth discussing is another matter; this site doesn't like uncivil discussion and tends to quickly ban people when this happens, so it makes sense that it would simply avoid these discussions altogether. These days, if you want civil political discussion, you either need to keep out people with very different opinions (so more like-minded people can discuss finer policy points instead of constantly arguing over extremely fundamental differences of worldview), or you need to have an extremely involved and active full-time moderation team to keep things civil.