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Last time I've posted something about mRNA on Hackernews, it reached page 1 in about 2h and then got flagged immediately. HN is not a good place for mRNA discus

Last time I've posted something about mRNA on Hackernews, it reached page 1 in about 2h and then got flagged immediately. HN is not a good place for mRNA discussions.

wil421 4y ago
Was it from a legitimate source?
- Aldipower 4y ago
  It was from "The Lancet", so I think, yes?!
- forgingahead 4y ago
  You mean like a Pfizer press release? I'm being sarcastic but I don't think downvoting because of "source" is a good habit for HNers to have - there are far more diverse views and interesting points being made outside of the mainstream narrative, and if the goal is to have discussion with an intelligent community, "source" is a pretty weak reason to not have that discussion.
  - loeg 4y ago
    There are a plethora of extremely bad sources around covid and vaccines that you would be wise to ignore.
  - wil421 4y ago
    The bar can be pretty low from a direct from the source Pfizer press release to a tweet from some crazy fanatic. Both happen on HN daily.
nostromo 4y ago
Yesterday I noticed that happened to a reputable paper that recommends against boosters for young people. Posted, front page, flagged, dead… https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32820934 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32820934
- Aldipower 4y ago
  Yes! Exactly this behavior. There seems to be some hidden rules, what is allowed and what isn't. Very sad. This is suppressing good discussion and forming of own opinions.
  - TechBro8615 4y ago
    It's not some hidden rule, it's just a story that gets flagged by a lot of people. And I can understand that. This discussion is boring and predictable. We've been talking in circles for almost two years.
    - Aldipower 4y ago
      To be clear, it wasn't flagged by the people. It got flagged and removed by a mod, after it hit the front page. And how do you know about the story, when you couldn't read what I've submitted?
      - TechBro8615 4y ago
        How do you know it got flagged by a mod? Users with 500+ karma can flag posts, and if enough of them do that, then it automatically drops off the page. No moderator action is required.
        Aldipower 4y ago
        Maybe you're right and it was "down flagged". It's just because it was so quickly flagged, it could barely last 2 minutes on the front page. In contrast it was constantly upvoted before from other users, before it reached the front page. Why reached it the front page then, just to be immediately flagged?
        Izkata 4y ago
        Flags and votes don't counteract each other, they're separate axes. The opposite to a flag is "vouch". I'd just assume a separate set of users.
zionic 4y ago
HN moderation has seriously diminished the value of this site to me, putting it nicely.
seydor 4y ago
noelsusman 4y ago
Frankly, HN is not a good place for any discussions outside of the technical elements of software engineering.

Last time I've posted something about mRNA on Hackernews, it reached page 1 in about 2h and then got flagged immediately. HN is not a good place for mRNA discussions.

wil421 4y ago

Was it from a legitimate source?

Aldipower 4y ago
It was from "The Lancet", so I think, yes?!
forgingahead 4y ago
You mean like a Pfizer press release? I'm being sarcastic but I don't think downvoting because of "source" is a good habit for HNers to have - there are far more diverse views and interesting points being made outside of the mainstream narrative, and if the goal is to have discussion with an intelligent community, "source" is a pretty weak reason to not have that discussion.
- loeg 4y ago
  There are a plethora of extremely bad sources around covid and vaccines that you would be wise to ignore.
- wil421 4y ago
  The bar can be pretty low from a direct from the source Pfizer press release to a tweet from some crazy fanatic. Both happen on HN daily.

nostromo 4y ago

Yesterday I noticed that happened to a reputable paper that recommends against boosters for young people. Posted, front page, flagged, dead… https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32820934 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32820934

Aldipower 4y ago
Yes! Exactly this behavior. There seems to be some hidden rules, what is allowed and what isn't. Very sad. This is suppressing good discussion and forming of own opinions.
- TechBro8615 4y ago
  It's not some hidden rule, it's just a story that gets flagged by a lot of people. And I can understand that. This discussion is boring and predictable. We've been talking in circles for almost two years.
  - Aldipower 4y ago
    To be clear, it wasn't flagged by the people. It got flagged and removed by a mod, after it hit the front page. And how do you know about the story, when you couldn't read what I've submitted?
    - TechBro8615 4y ago
      How do you know it got flagged by a mod? Users with 500+ karma can flag posts, and if enough of them do that, then it automatically drops off the page. No moderator action is required.
      - Aldipower 4y ago
        Maybe you're right and it was "down flagged". It's just because it was so quickly flagged, it could barely last 2 minutes on the front page. In contrast it was constantly upvoted before from other users, before it reached the front page. Why reached it the front page then, just to be immediately flagged?
        Izkata 4y ago
        Flags and votes don't counteract each other, they're separate axes. The opposite to a flag is "vouch". I'd just assume a separate set of users.

zionic 4y ago

HN moderation has seriously diminished the value of this site to me, putting it nicely.

seydor 4y ago

noelsusman 4y ago

Frankly, HN is not a good place for any discussions outside of the technical elements of software engineering.