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Why is this post not flagged vs this one? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26646048 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26646048 What is the reasoning at

• shawnz 6y ago
  It was posted just minutes ago. Also, flagging is done by users. EDIT: As you can see it's dead now. EDIT: And now it's back.
  • tomxor 6y ago
    aaand it's gone again. It seems like bitcoin and RMS are two impossible topics for HN now.
• tomxor 6y ago
  I do find it worrying how people here use flagging for anything that is controversial or where the community is highly divided, flagging is not for downvoting... these things need to be discussed not marked as irrelevant or inappropriate.
  • enriquto 6y ago
    > these things need to be discussed not marked as irrelevant or inappropriate. To be fair, "these things" are being discussed here every day, with lots of comments and no intent of suppression. Maybe some users are tired of seeing the same subject appear many times per day with no actual news, and they are flagging it as a form of protest. It would be still an inappropriate usage of flagging, but somewhat understandable.
  • dvfjsdhgfv 6y ago
    Flagging has been used for disagreement for a long time. Unfortunately, it seems that the number of controversial topics is steadily increasing so I wonder if flagging is still the optimal mechanism to handle it.
• mijoharas 6y ago
  > What is the reasoning at HN for allowing one side of the story and censuring the other side. This is a graph showing the counts of signatories both for and against. How is this post possibly coming out on either side of this issue?