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As a semi-frequent flagger, I could appreciate #1. It would be nice to be able to publicly state disapproval of a thing without having to clutter up the comment
by thaumaturgy 15y ago
As a semi-frequent flagger, I could appreciate #1. It would be nice to be able to publicly state disapproval of a thing without having to clutter up the comments section.
Re: #2, I don't really see the point. Downvotes here just aren't a problem. Most of the items that are a light shade of grey are deserving of it, and even then, given the size of HN's user base now and the score required to make something a nice light shade of gray, I don't think limiting daily downvotes would have any measurable effect at all.
- mooism2 15y agoI'm another frequent flagger. I'm not sure that I would get any benefit from publicly stating disapproval without also stating why I disapprove. I think the problem with flagging is more that it's too easy for a link to pick up enough flags to keep it off the front page --- imo, if a link hasn't picked up enough flags to kill it, it hasn't picked up enough flags to disqualify it from the front page. (Re #2, I agree with you.)