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It took my vouch to un-dead your comment, useful because I couldn't reply to it otherwise. I'm morbidly fascinated as to how the top two comments on this submis
by eganist 7y ago
It took my vouch to un-dead your comment, useful because I couldn't reply to it otherwise. I'm morbidly fascinated as to how the top two comments on this submission were marked dead in the first place, but considering it took a vouch to automatically bring it back to life, there's a hint of a Flag brigade on this thread.
To answer your comment: because the title of the submission "Airbus Suppliers Hit in State-Sponsored Attack" and the title of the article "Airbus Suppliers Hit in State-Sponsored Attack" are identical, and that's totally fine. Changing the title of the submission to include a detail from the article actually editorializes the submission, which is not ideal for HN or the audience here.
- jiveturkey 7y agoI took the comment to mean, why does the original article's title not have 'Chinese' in the title. In these days of click-bait "news", it's a valid question.
- yorwba 7y agoThe user you're replying to has been leaving a trail of dead comments since https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14150381 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14150381 If it's marked as [dead] but not [flagged], the comment was killed automatically. No reason to suspect brigading.
- dang 7y agoPlease don't post insinuations of astroturfing or similar manipulation ("Flag brigade") without evidence. If you're concerned about abuse, please follow the site guidelines and email hn@ycombinator.com so we can look into it. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- eganist 7y agoHm, I didn't bucket flag-brigading into the astroturfing bucket (specifically because they're quite different - one suppresses speech whereas the other purports to be grassroots speech). Your point is well taken, but going forward dang, there's value in adding the "or similar manipulation" qualifier to the current iteration of guidelines: > Please don't make insinuations about astroturfing. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried, email us and we'll look at the data. Hopefully this comment is viewed as both the acknowledgement as well as the constructive feedback it's intended to be.
- dang 7y agoFor sure it's constructive. I'll see about expanding the wording. Edit: ok, done. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html