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I'll be honest, I feel whoever decided to reject this made a pretty poor decision. This is a discussion that absolutely needs to be had, and frankly it looks l

by tw04 6y ago

I'll be honest, I feel whoever decided to reject this made a pretty poor decision. This is a discussion that absolutely needs to be had, and frankly it looks like collusion between Reddit and HN (while I doubt that's why). Regardless, this community and reddit share a ton of users, if Reddit is going to ban discussion of what is at best a questionable hire, this should be a place to freely discuss it. It's both relevant and topical to the community here. As best I can tell it doesn't violate any rules, and if it does an exception should be made IMO.

threatofrain 6y ago
> This is a discussion that absolutely needs to be had, and frankly it looks like collusion between Reddit and HN (while I doubt that's why). Where is HN colluding on this?
- falcolas 6y ago
  It's been (as of my post) knocked off the front page. It's more likely people flagging "non-technology/startup" drama. http://hnrankings.info/26554697/ http://hnrankings.info/26554697/
  - tw04 6y ago
    If it were flagged shouldn't the post itself read as (dead flagged)? That's been my experience with articles that were flagged off the front page. I'm not seeing that here.
    - falcolas 6y ago
      No, there's a middle ground where a post is simply de-ranked. Which, absolutely, makes it hard to tell what happened as an outsider. IIRC, basically a "flag" also counts as a bunch of downvotes, in addition to adding up to a threshold where it actually marks a post as "flagged".
      - phpnode 6y ago
        Given the clear conflict of interest at play here (Reddit is a YC company and are seemingly preparing to IPO in the near future) this post would be a great candidate for additional transparency from dang
        colpabar 6y ago
        Now it's fully flagged, and I think the information you just stated means it will stay that way. I just don't get why a user would flag this.
        phpnode 6y ago
        Another post appears to have been suppressed in the same way: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26556187 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26556187
        Grollicus 6y ago
        Probably because it smells like reddit drama and is not really a good basis for a curious debate.
        dang 6y ago
        Users flagged it. Moderators didn't see it (until now) and haven't touched it. Anything else?
        phpnode 6y ago
        No, thanks, I appreciate your response.

by tw04 6y ago

threatofrain 6y ago

> This is a discussion that absolutely needs to be had, and frankly it looks like collusion between Reddit and HN (while I doubt that's why). Where is HN colluding on this?

falcolas 6y ago
It's been (as of my post) knocked off the front page. It's more likely people flagging "non-technology/startup" drama. http://hnrankings.info/26554697/ http://hnrankings.info/26554697/
- tw04 6y ago
  If it were flagged shouldn't the post itself read as (dead flagged)? That's been my experience with articles that were flagged off the front page. I'm not seeing that here.
  - falcolas 6y ago
    No, there's a middle ground where a post is simply de-ranked. Which, absolutely, makes it hard to tell what happened as an outsider. IIRC, basically a "flag" also counts as a bunch of downvotes, in addition to adding up to a threshold where it actually marks a post as "flagged".
    - phpnode 6y ago
      Given the clear conflict of interest at play here (Reddit is a YC company and are seemingly preparing to IPO in the near future) this post would be a great candidate for additional transparency from dang
      - colpabar 6y ago
        Now it's fully flagged, and I think the information you just stated means it will stay that way. I just don't get why a user would flag this.
        phpnode 6y ago
        Another post appears to have been suppressed in the same way: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26556187 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26556187
        Grollicus 6y ago
        Probably because it smells like reddit drama and is not really a good basis for a curious debate.
      - dang 6y ago
        Users flagged it. Moderators didn't see it (until now) and haven't touched it. Anything else?
        phpnode 6y ago
        No, thanks, I appreciate your response.