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As for the flagging, I believe HN auto-flags comments from new accounts that receive a large number of downvotes as an anti-spam feature.
by andrewxdiamond 5y ago
As for the flagging, I believe HN auto-flags comments from new accounts that receive a large number of downvotes as an anti-spam feature.
- andrewxdiamond 5y agoIf you enable showdead on your profile, you’ll see that this comment is denying the well documented genocide that is occurring in these regions. That will rightfully annoy many people here, hence the downvotes. So using the razor, I think we can conclude what happened. User makes a new throwaway account to spread easily disproved information Other users downvote the misinformation HN autoflags the comment to protect against preceived-spam. Although you are right to question what you see. It is never wrong to take a second to ask “what’s going on here?”
- whydoibother 5y ago[dead]