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> 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 collu
by 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 agoIt'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 agoIf 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 agoNo, 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 agoGiven 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 agoNow 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.
- dang 6y agoUsers flagged it. Moderators didn't see it (until now) and haven't touched it. Anything else?
- phpnode 6y agoNo, thanks, I appreciate your response.