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Original HN post flagged: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27394925 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27394925

iso1631 5y ago
And another related post about the event errantly marked as a dupe, something I believe requires mod/admin ability https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27395028 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27395028
xenocratus 5y ago
Something else that I find curious is that this entry vanished from front page for a while, and now it's stuck at the bottom, even though it has twice the points in half the time compared with post number #5 (at the time of writing).
- dTal 5y ago
  I don't think we need invoke any conspiracies for that; HN's algorithm is ever mysterious. Yesterday a submission of mine hit the front page in 3 seconds with no upvotes.
  - floatingatoll 5y ago
    For those who've made it this far down into the thread but not yet seen dang's reply, it's further upthread here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27397230 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27397230
- foxhop 5y ago
  That happens once you are flagged or bounced off the front page temporarily. You loose some sort of multiplier and are often placed around spot 15
falcolas 5y ago
Given the outsized effect of flags in comparison to upvotes, I’m of the opinion that Chinese national HN members, and some subset of “no politics evar” crowd is more than enough to flag these to just shy of being dead.
- JPKab 5y ago
  Legitimate criticism of the CCP results in rather intense flagging. I'm no angel and I've definitely made comments that deserved flagging on HN and I really try hard to play by the rules that dang sets, but it's a rather clear pattern that certain subjects solicit pretty intense flagging despite not really being "nationalistic flame bait". In case dang sees this I hope I'm not violating further rules of service I'm just simply trying to point something out, that is absolutely relevant to this discussion.
  - xenocratus 5y ago
    Even then, mods can override those flags, which in this case seems to not be happening. Especially given the [dupe] designation on another post
    - JPKab 5y ago
      What I'm curious about is why I'm not able to flag comments. I have 8633 karma yet users with a much lower number appear to be able to flag comments. I'm assuming I lost this privilege because I had comments that were flagged?
      - grzm 5y ago
        When you click on a comment timestamp to view an individual comment, do you see a flag link? If not, you might want to contact the mods to see if there is something else going on.
  - AnimalMuppet 5y ago
    When you see that happening, vouch for the post or the article.

And another related post about the event errantly marked as a dupe, something I believe requires mod/admin ability https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27395028 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27395028

xenocratus 5y ago

Something else that I find curious is that this entry vanished from front page for a while, and now it's stuck at the bottom, even though it has twice the points in half the time compared with post number #5 (at the time of writing).

dTal 5y ago
I don't think we need invoke any conspiracies for that; HN's algorithm is ever mysterious. Yesterday a submission of mine hit the front page in 3 seconds with no upvotes.
- floatingatoll 5y ago
  For those who've made it this far down into the thread but not yet seen dang's reply, it's further upthread here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27397230 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27397230
foxhop 5y ago
That happens once you are flagged or bounced off the front page temporarily. You loose some sort of multiplier and are often placed around spot 15

falcolas 5y ago

Given the outsized effect of flags in comparison to upvotes, I’m of the opinion that Chinese national HN members, and some subset of “no politics evar” crowd is more than enough to flag these to just shy of being dead.

JPKab 5y ago
Legitimate criticism of the CCP results in rather intense flagging. I'm no angel and I've definitely made comments that deserved flagging on HN and I really try hard to play by the rules that dang sets, but it's a rather clear pattern that certain subjects solicit pretty intense flagging despite not really being "nationalistic flame bait". In case dang sees this I hope I'm not violating further rules of service I'm just simply trying to point something out, that is absolutely relevant to this discussion.
- xenocratus 5y ago
  Even then, mods can override those flags, which in this case seems to not be happening. Especially given the [dupe] designation on another post
  - JPKab 5y ago
    What I'm curious about is why I'm not able to flag comments. I have 8633 karma yet users with a much lower number appear to be able to flag comments. I'm assuming I lost this privilege because I had comments that were flagged?
    - grzm 5y ago
      When you click on a comment timestamp to view an individual comment, do you see a flag link? If not, you might want to contact the mods to see if there is something else going on.
- AnimalMuppet 5y ago
  When you see that happening, vouch for the post or the article.