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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 see

• 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.