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> I'm going to flag it because I know the flame war that's coming. That's not a valid reason to flag a post.
by preommr 4y ago
> I'm going to flag it because I know the flame war that's coming.
That's not a valid reason to flag a post.
- dijit 4y ago1) Yes it is, content moderation is everyones job here. 2) I could also say that it's misleading, and flag it for that reason. If there is something intellectually curious in the content submitted: then I'm wrong. As it stands it reads like bait to attract controversy for the sake of advertising. *EDIT:* After reading the HN guidelines I've removed that line. Third line from the bottom of the page says not to mention if you flag, likely to avoid conversations like this one: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- neopw 4y agoDang downranks controversial stuff from the homepage, locks comments, etc all the time.