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You're completely right - I misworded the "interesting" part, when I did in fact mean "on-topic." However, I don't think it changes my ultimate point. All the
by waihtis 6y ago
You're completely right - I misworded the "interesting" part, when I did in fact mean "on-topic."
However, I don't think it changes my ultimate point. All the same, an (assumedly) big enough populace decided this was not on topic.
You make a number of good points, which I won't argue with, except this one:
> Given the context, you might therefore ask why "hackers do not find this interesting". Is it because a non-trivial number of hackers are sexist, and empathize with the harassment against women in tech, so flag in order to silence?
I you're forgetting a very significant populace of "I have a millions issues I could worry about at any given point and just cannot provide meaningful resources to worry about this specific one."
- eesmith 6y agoI don't flag topics just because I can't provide meaningful resources to it. Do you? Flagging may prevent others who might have those resources from contributing, yes? So flagging is not a neutral personal expression but a public negative expression, yes? I still believe the interesting question is why did a big enough population decided this was not on topic enough to flag it, rather than ignore it.
- waihtis 6y agoWell, I'm drifting way into the sea of armchair psychology here, but a part of "I don't have resources to care" also translates often to "I don't want to see anything related to this." Especially on the web, which tends to be fast-paced system 1 / reptile-brain media for many. Scroll, click, skim read, back, (not interesting topic - flag), f5, repeat.
- krapp 6y agoThere's an option to hide stories - it also hides comments for those stories on the new comments page. That's the appropriate action to take for stories one simply doesn't want to see, if one cannot muster the intestinal fortitude to simply ignore them and move on.