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Wow, I found over a two dozen flagged comments and I have never purposely flagged a comment. Interesting! Thanks for posting this. I am cleaning up my giant me

Wow, I found over a two dozen flagged comments and I have never purposely flagged a comment. Interesting! Thanks for posting this. I am cleaning up my giant mess. The data seems to indicate that there is something lacking in the UI, but I'm still not sure exactly what. What was I trying to tap when I hit flag? I am nearly 50/50 mobile/desktop, hmmm. What a terrible SNR I've been giving dang et al. Sorry! Edit: yeah, it’s likely just scrolling on mobile and accidentally tapping Flag. What’s a bit odd is that my Hidden list is empty. Why wasn’t I accidentally tapping that sometimes?

ryandrake 5y ago
The name itself could be part of it: "Flag" could mean anything. In my E-mail, I "flag" things that I want to read again and take action on. Back when I was an HN newbie, I thought that's what flags here were for. There is nothing in the name "flag" that indicates it should be used to mark naughty posts.
- consumer451 5y ago
  In my case, I was aware of HN downvoting and flagging prior to having those rights, so I was not misusing them for sure.
nottorp 5y ago
Apparently I flagged a story in 2017. Pretty sure not intentional. Still, please don't turn HN into one of those mobile friendly sites with information density approaching zero.
- consumer451 5y ago
  > Still, please don't turn HN into one of those mobile friendly sites with information density approaching zero. I would also be extremely conservative with any changes to this website. I love that it loads very quickly over 2G data and that my blockers don’t block anything on it. I also do appreciate the consistency of the design over the years. I grok the glacial pace of progress on HN. I’d still be curious to know exactly why this wasn’t taken care of in the UI. Seems so noisy for any mods. Does it just not matter? Did they just stop paying attention to mobile flags internally? But then it’s kinda messy to leave them visible for me. Hmmm.

ryandrake 5y ago

The name itself could be part of it: "Flag" could mean anything. In my E-mail, I "flag" things that I want to read again and take action on. Back when I was an HN newbie, I thought that's what flags here were for. There is nothing in the name "flag" that indicates it should be used to mark naughty posts.

consumer451 5y ago
In my case, I was aware of HN downvoting and flagging prior to having those rights, so I was not misusing them for sure.

nottorp 5y ago

Apparently I flagged a story in 2017. Pretty sure not intentional. Still, please don't turn HN into one of those mobile friendly sites with information density approaching zero.

consumer451 5y ago
> Still, please don't turn HN into one of those mobile friendly sites with information density approaching zero. I would also be extremely conservative with any changes to this website. I love that it loads very quickly over 2G data and that my blockers don’t block anything on it. I also do appreciate the consistency of the design over the years. I grok the glacial pace of progress on HN. I’d still be curious to know exactly why this wasn’t taken care of in the UI. Seems so noisy for any mods. Does it just not matter? Did they just stop paying attention to mobile flags internally? But then it’s kinda messy to leave them visible for me. Hmmm.