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You're literally 'flagging' (removing) my comment because I am quoting and critiquing the blog of a powerful venture capitalist firm? Seriously dang?

• dang 5y ago
  No, the problem is that you posted a low-quality flamewar comment attacking someone for what they obviously didn't say. I totally get why the housing bubble, and housing in general, brings up strong feelings, but you plainly broke that site guideline. Is that so hard to see? In fact you did the same thing in the past and we responded exactly the same way: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25991731 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25991731. That's what we do when we see any such comment, regardless of who makes it and regardless of topic. I assume no one will accuse us of trying to protect powerful medieval friars. HN has the rules it does for good reasons based on many years of experience. We're trying for at least a little bit of a different internet here. (Btw, your comment has not been removed; flagging isn't the same thing as removing.)
  • mandelbrotwurst 5y ago
    Would anyone seeing this mind explaining to me how to view flagged comments please? I didn’t know this was possible and thought flagged comments were removed.
    • grzm 5y ago
      Turn on “showdead” in your profile settings.