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Why is this post flagged? It’s like someone actually wants to prove the author correct in his views.
by sethc2 6y ago
Why is this post flagged?
It’s like someone actually wants to prove the author correct in his views.
- h2odragon 6y agoThere's plenty of places for flamewars; and the HN mods try to avoid hosting them. I can't disagree, the flamewars need to happen, but they don't have to happen here, and the HN policies have been applied with a consistent excellence that I respect.
- sethc2 6y agoI found the article interesting is all, probably because I just read a historical fiction book on post wwi Russia and so I thought it was a thought provoking article, that is good to discuss even if biased. I think it is a fair point, and flagging it just seems to prove the point that criticism of “The Party” isn’t allowed. I think HN mods do a good job too, but that is why this is disappointing to me. I’ve seen far more biased articles around politics, causing much more heated flame wars than this, that haven’t been flagged.
- pseudalopex 6y agoUsers flag. Not moderators.
- sethc2 6y agoOh. I didn’t know how it works.
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- luckylion 6y agoThe mods will regularly remove flags from articles that are coming from a progressive point though, so I don't think the "no flamewars/flame bait" actually holds water.
- sethc2 6y agoI’ve brought this up on an article flagged in the past questioning the covid lockdown, but it was from a statistical based view and while I disagreed with some of the authors conclusions others I agreed with. That article’s flag was removed and dang responded to my comment. I wouldn’t assume all the moderators are biased.
- luckylion 6y agoI don't think it's an all out censorship-bias that you'd see on some echo chamber subreddit. Rather, it's the moderators deciding that this submission isn't "interesting" and therefore remains flagged while the umpteenth anecdote about "X is discriminating against women" is interesting and novel and is totally not flamebait or identity politics and is therefore protected from being flagged. It's fine, it's their site. I don't think it's useful to have illusions about it though.
- sethc2 6y agoMaybe HN should support flagging moderators’ misapplied flags? :shrug: