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Why is this flagged? Maybe it's something HN doesn't find very useful, okay, but that's not a reason to flag it.
by t0astbread 6y ago
Why is this flagged? Maybe it's something HN doesn't find very useful, okay, but that's not a reason to flag it.
- p49k 6y agoAs someone who mostly uses HN on mobile, I occasionally accidentally flag things, and then they disappear from my feed making it impossible to correct my mistake, and there is no way (that I know of) to see a history of what I flagged. I wonder how many people accidentally flagging could trigger the notice.
- detaro 6y agoreading the comments, probably because it is not what the title promises.
- t0astbread 6y agoYeah, I see. I still think it's a bit harsh, especially since it kinda depends on how you interpret it here (i.e. what is "Google search"? The frontend or the backend? etc.) and it was made in good faith after all. This reminds me of a passage in the "Waterfox joins System1" blog post[1] where the maintainer of Waterfox goes into how they've recieved harrassment because some people felt Waterfox wasn't up to their standards in terms of privacy. [1] https://www.waterfox.net/blog/waterfox-has-joined-system1/ https://www.waterfox.net/blog/waterfox-has-joined-system1/
- generalpass 6y ago> reading the comments, probably because it is not what the title promises. If that were the case, admins would simply change the title. I suspect the reason is that it's a tool that is designed to violate a specific site's TOS, which I think this tool does.
- detaro 6y agoThat admins could change the title doesn't mean users don't feel mislead and flag in the mean time.
- generalpass 6y agoI have observed that when I flag a title it is not publicly indicated to be flagged.
- detaro 6y agoIt's not a binary. There's a threshold of flags after which it is shown and a higher one after which it gets killed, scaled by other activity on the submission (and possibly some other internal factors, the details aren't really documented).