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I have been flaging things like crazy. People just ignore flagging off-topic submission, the same way people don't upmod enough.
by prakash 18y ago
I have been flaging things like crazy. People just ignore flagging off-topic submission, the same way people don't upmod enough.
- robg 18y agoI don't see any reason why you should be flagging like crazy. These posts aren't so ubiquitous as to be over running the site. Unless you're not using the definition of "off-topic" in the guidelines? Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic. I rarely see posts that meet that criteria.
- prakash 18y agoThere are quite a few posts under the new page.
- robg 18y agoI don't even see them there. Early in the morning there's spam to flag, but I'd say 95% of the submissions fit into the guidelines. Of the remaining 5% maybe 10% makes it to the front page. My intuition is we're arguing about .5 to 1%. Even if it's as high as 10%, I still don't think that's significant. Instead of complaining, why not do a study? Classify all front page submissions for one week. I bet not 1% would touch on politics. For this time of the election cycle, that would be a great indicator of the strength of this community. I disagree wholeheartedly on economics and business submissions, though.