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Maybe it's just folks expressing political views with the flag button I would hope said individuals would lose their flagging privileges if they demonstrate a
by chongli 7y ago
Maybe it's just folks expressing political views with the flag button
I would hope said individuals would lose their flagging privileges if they demonstrate a pattern of inappropriate flagging. The purpose of flagging is to report posts in violation of the site guidelines, not to express disagreement; that's what down-votes are for.
- mehhh 7y agoPosts can't be downvoted on HN iirc, only comments. Those that flag these types of posts are often the first to scream about their right to free speech, while loving places that bootstomp it like /r/The_Donald, freespeechextremist, smugglo, pleroma.social, etc. In those communities, there are tons of posts and comments along the lines of "if I'm wrong about x debate me!". When you reply citing multiple research papers, you will get banned. There is no room for challenging views on these caustic sites.