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Ask HN: Post Got Flagged

1 points by rjyoungling 7y ago

Hey guys, My post got flagged after reaching the front page in <30m: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22686264 I didn't think it broke any guidelines but it would appear that it did. Thoughts? My hypothesis is that it got flagged as a function of the business I'm in (we help companies increase revenue in exchange for an ex-post fee) and the copy. Thanks for your time.

minimaxir 7y ago
Posts do not need to violate the guidelines to be community-flagged. In this case, coronavirus thought pieces from non-experts have increasingly been treated with skepticism.
- rjyoungling 7y ago
  Thank you for correcting me. I was unaware of that. I see, that makes perfect sense. I was aware that anything related to the coronavirus would probably be divisive, but it hadn't occurred to me that this might've contributed to the flagging. Thanks again for your time.