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Is there any way if I can find out why my submission is flagged? The last thing I submitted was also flagged (and then unflagged), but I have tried to abide by

by ppod 6y ago

Is there any way if I can find out why my submission is flagged? The last thing I submitted was also flagged (and then unflagged), but I have tried to abide by the submission guidelines.

alexpetralia 6y ago
I find it bizarre also. I don't think this something dang is doing - he provided a pretty legitimate defense here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23225442 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23225442 However I do think there are "flag mobs" which increasingly flag posts they don't agree with.
- ppod 6y ago
  Yeah, I don't even think it has to be mob, it's just one of those things that happens as a site becomes more mainstream. Ironically it's related to the same issue as the submission: people equate permitting something to condoning it.
Antecedent 6y ago
You have editorialized the title of the article. The expectation is generally that you use the original.
- ppod 6y ago
  Well ok. The reason I changed it was because I thought the original was too sensational
dang 6y ago
The site guidelines ask you to email hn@ycombinator.com with questions like this: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. Users flagged it. We can only guess why users flag things, but in this case I suppose it might have been a combination of users who are fatigued by this general topic having been repeated so frequently in recent weeks, and users who agree with the decision to take down the interview and don't think HN should have a thread about it. As I said, though—those are just guesses. In the meantime, someone else reposted it and it was on the front page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23258432 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23258432. But since this post was first, I've turned off the flags on it and merged those comments hither.
- ppod 6y ago
  Thanks for the response, I misunderstood the flagging process.

by ppod 6y ago

Is there any way if I can find out why my submission is flagged? The last thing I submitted was also flagged (and then unflagged), but I have tried to abide by the submission guidelines.

alexpetralia 6y ago

I find it bizarre also. I don't think this something dang is doing - he provided a pretty legitimate defense here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23225442 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23225442 However I do think there are "flag mobs" which increasingly flag posts they don't agree with.

ppod 6y ago
Yeah, I don't even think it has to be mob, it's just one of those things that happens as a site becomes more mainstream. Ironically it's related to the same issue as the submission: people equate permitting something to condoning it.

Antecedent 6y ago

You have editorialized the title of the article. The expectation is generally that you use the original.

ppod 6y ago
Well ok. The reason I changed it was because I thought the original was too sensational

dang 6y ago

The site guidelines ask you to email hn@ycombinator.com with questions like this: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. Users flagged it. We can only guess why users flag things, but in this case I suppose it might have been a combination of users who are fatigued by this general topic having been repeated so frequently in recent weeks, and users who agree with the decision to take down the interview and don't think HN should have a thread about it. As I said, though—those are just guesses. In the meantime, someone else reposted it and it was on the front page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23258432 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23258432. But since this post was first, I've turned off the flags on it and merged those comments hither.

ppod 6y ago
Thanks for the response, I misunderstood the flagging process.