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What does flagged mean on posts
Why do some of my posts get flagged what is the law around here exactly?
- giantg2 5y ago"... what is the law around here exactly?" They have guidelines posted. But in reality, as with real laws, there are things that are prosecuted that shouldn't be, and things that aren't prosecuted that should be. For example, I have seen many insulting postings that don't get flagged, while many off-topic political posts go completely unchecked, and are largely group-think.
- PaulHoule 5y agoPersonally I like flagging posts that complain about other people flagging posts, or that anybody other than the CCP is censoring people.
- jamesandthewolf 5y agoSo anyone can flag stuff, just cause they don't like something.... So how can you ask questions and ask for advise with out upsetting someone and getting flagged
- austincheney 5y agoI asked a common sense question once in some Julian Assange thread… flagged. For some people some subjects take on an irrational religious experience. Anything that is not a forceful agreement must be destroyed.
- PaulHoule 5y agoHow can we stop people from spamming us with disingenuous communication about dog pills and similar subjects?
- jamesandthewolf 5y agoYeah but what if my dog really needs those pills
- troydavis 5y agoTo ask a question, submit a text post that asks it. Here’s examples: https://news.ycombinator.com/ask https://news.ycombinator.com/ask Basically, put your question in the title field on https://news.ycombinator.com/submit https://news.ycombinator.com/submit, fill in the text field with the details and explanation, and leave the URL field empty.
- mtmail 5y agoPlease also check the https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html
- pwg 5y agoUsers who accumulate sufficient karma gain the ability to "flag" a post. When a sufficient number of different users with "flag" power click "flag" on a post, then it becomes [flagged]. More description here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12173809 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12173809
- troydavis 5y agoCheck out “Guidelines,” linked from the site footer: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- jamesandthewolf 5y agoI get it so if it looks like advertising or spam it gets flagged ok ok so I need to word posts better and maybe ask somehow for comments on a url but not link out to it? Or how
- mtmail 5y agoThe URL might still be advertising and users might still not like it. No amount of wording could change that. Sometimes it's "not hackernews material", it can't be forced.
- jamesandthewolf 5y agoI get it I'll not push my website so hard and just ask for advise on security or thoughts on subjects, that actually are interesting. Share it only to get feedback not to get views. Again new here good day kind human.
- jamesandthewolf 5y agoAhh ok something that sparks interest here I'll try again.