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Flag does get abused sometimes, but it also acts as a safety valve for getting flamewars off the front page quickly. Dang feels strongly about keeping things ci
by kstenerud 5y ago
Flag does get abused sometimes, but it also acts as a safety valve for getting flamewars off the front page quickly. Dang feels strongly about keeping things civil on HN, and so do most of us.
- nodesocket 5y agoThe idea of voting is that the wisdom of the crowd self selects "the best" content, so why do we need a "safety valve" as you claim?