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to clarify, auto-flagged when submitted as top-level posts, not when submitted as comments.
by xdavidliu 4y ago
to clarify, auto-flagged when submitted as top-level posts, not when submitted as comments.
- matjet 4y agoCan someone please elaborate on the relationship between archive links and spam? Why is this particular auto-flagging done?
- nkurz 4y agoI don't think it's true that archive links are auto-flagged. I think [flagged] always indicates that it was flagged by a human: almost always a user, but occasionally a moderator. Does anyone have evidence that would contradict this? There are some things that are automatically [dead], though. Here's a post by Dan from earlier this year explaining some of the inner-workings: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30273707 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30273707