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And now this story has been flagged on hacker news... It's already off the front page despite 103 upvotes in 1 hour
by jannes 6y ago
And now this story has been flagged on hacker news... It's already off the front page despite 103 upvotes in 1 hour
- calibas 6y agoI've noticed that if you even try to talk about the manipulation of HN, things like abusing flags to get posts buried, the comments get downvoted. Certain posts disappear very quickly, and there's almost always a clear political reason for why some group wouldn't want people seeing that post.
- JoeAltmaier 6y agoIts contrary to policy, to talk about voting in posts not about voting. I shouldn't even be posting this.
- calibas 6y agoWhich makes talking about manipulation of HN on HN very difficult.
- JoeAltmaier 6y agoNo, just start a post about it.
- calibas 6y agoI already have. So far it's been ignored entirely. You can talk about manipulation of any other social network here, but suggesting HN is being manipulated is oddly taboo.
- JoeAltmaier 6y agoSo, no interest? The answer isn't to spam it other places to forge interest. The rule is here to avoid dilution, folks hijacking a post to talk about a meta-topic. It's been a problem from the start.
- calibas 6y agoWhat are you talking about? This thread already had multiple comments about how fast it disappeared, I just responded to one of them. I like HN, and I'd believe abusing the flag system is hurting the site. I see people talking about this all the time, so people are obviously interested, but instead of really being addressed, there's usually people like you reminding everyone that talking about it is against the guidelines.
- ihuman 6y agoI think people are flagging this because this topic has already been discussed here recently. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23312169 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23312169
- TheChaplain 6y agoI use the mirror hckrnews.com where items doesn't disappear as quick.