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The 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 hold
by luckylion 6y ago
The 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: