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Users on HN with enough karma can flag stories which move them lower. Most users don't like culture war or endless political submission and so will use this. H
by thinkingemote 6y ago
Users on HN with enough karma can flag stories which move them lower. Most users don't like culture war or endless political submission and so will use this.
HN has an automated flame detection system, probably based on the number of up and down votes, or language used.
- floren 6y agoYeah, I've got the flag button myself, but I thought it would say "[flagged]" in the title when an article got flagged out of existence.
- grzm 6y agoModerator action and vouches can reverse flags. Flags can affect submission ranking before accumulating enough flags that the [flagged] or [flagged][dead] tags appear.