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I thought you couldn't flag until you had some minimum level of karma, no?

• xxs 6y ago
  It is 51 karma, which is quite low to clear as it takes only 10 to be x-upvote. OP - used to be 140+ points, which should put it easily on the 1st page - but it's flagged and gone.
  • ciarannolan 6y ago
    Got it, thanks. I think I'd be okay with an even higher threshold before you get some kind of quasi-moderation powers. 250-500+ somewhere.
    • elliekelly 6y ago
      I could be mistaken but I thought even though users have the ability to flag a post the post itself doesn’t become “flagged” until several different people flag it.
      • xxs 6y ago
        Of course. That's the point: creating new accounts and getting 51 karma is not hard - there are no requirements to be "different people", just different accounts.
        • dang 6y ago
          The flags were overwhelmingly by long-established users including many whose past comments suggest that their sympathies would be with CNN in this situation. Would you please stop breaking the site guidelines (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23349814 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23349814)? They ask you not to post like this for a reason. The reason is that the posts are nearly always wrong. Probably more than 99% of the time even if one counts generously.