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That's your problem. If you see your content flagged immediately your first course of action is complaining about it? Why not do the rational thing and google i

That's your problem. If you see your content flagged immediately your first course of action is complaining about it? Why not do the rational thing and google it so you can understand why other people flag it. As I said it's not my job to make you comprehend that the content you submitted is subpar quality. It's yours.

mactavish88 4y ago
Maybe just move on with your life and don’t engage with the content if you’re not interested?
- jacquesm 4y ago
  They do exactly what you want: engage with you, even though you seem to have already made up your mind about the desired outcome (which you aren't going to get). And then you tell them to move on with their life? That's pretty rude. To me this whole thread looks like a way to social engineer your way around getting your articles flagged in spite of that being the most democratic mechanism to keep HN on track.
  - mactavish88 4y ago
    Did you perhaps read the primary text of this submission? It seems like everyone commenting here is totally missing the point of why I submitted this question in the first place and is so fixated on the content of the links I originally submitted that they just can’t see the actual questions I’m asking. I’m tired of engaging with people who refuse to engage with the actual questions I asked.
- theCrowing 4y ago
  No, I care about the communities I participate in so if I see misinformation in "new" I flag it. (I didn't flag your submissions)
mactavish88 4y ago
But also, if there was at least a reason tagged along with the flagging, that could be helpful to submitters, don’t you think? Making people guess as to the reason for flagging seems like poor UX to me, and increases the overall hostility of the site to users. Also, those links I posted are of far less importance to me than my actual concern in terms of how HN and other sites shape my perception of the world based on their UX design. That is the reason I posed this question. Not to complain about my posts getting flagged.
- theCrowing 4y ago
  As a member of a community or site, it is important to take the time to familiarize yourself with the guidelines and frequently asked questions in order to understand how it operates. There are numerous threads available discussing user-driven moderation on this platform, some even addressing the same concerns you have raised. It seems that you have not made an effort to understand the rules and features of the site, leading to a fundamental misunderstanding and criticism that may not be warranted. It is worth noting that these rules have remained unchanged for the past decade, despite the political and global pandemic events of recent years. Instead of contributing to the repetition of discussions on this topic, it may be more productive to seek out information and consider the possibility that the issue may lie with your own understanding and usage of the site. Additionally, making false claims about search results on a particular search engine only serves to undermine the credibility of your perspective. Alone because of the duckduckgo fib I am ending the discussion, at least for me. I hope you have a pleasant day.
  - mactavish88 4y ago
    As per my comment on your other thread: > Here you go, my first page of hits on mobile: https://imgur.com/a/zSL5fVX https://imgur.com/a/zSL5fVX > Only when I got to my laptop now did the set of links differ: https://imgur.com/a/EuUt7U5 https://imgur.com/a/EuUt7U5 > Clearly not the same set of results for the same search. Re: this site's guidelines, I find your comment here a little disingenuous and far too generous towards HN's "guidelines". The mere fact that such content as this exists suggests that HN's guidelines are quite opaque: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented

mactavish88 4y ago

Maybe just move on with your life and don’t engage with the content if you’re not interested?

jacquesm 4y ago
They do exactly what you want: engage with you, even though you seem to have already made up your mind about the desired outcome (which you aren't going to get). And then you tell them to move on with their life? That's pretty rude. To me this whole thread looks like a way to social engineer your way around getting your articles flagged in spite of that being the most democratic mechanism to keep HN on track.
- mactavish88 4y ago
  Did you perhaps read the primary text of this submission? It seems like everyone commenting here is totally missing the point of why I submitted this question in the first place and is so fixated on the content of the links I originally submitted that they just can’t see the actual questions I’m asking. I’m tired of engaging with people who refuse to engage with the actual questions I asked.
theCrowing 4y ago
No, I care about the communities I participate in so if I see misinformation in "new" I flag it. (I didn't flag your submissions)

mactavish88 4y ago

But also, if there was at least a reason tagged along with the flagging, that could be helpful to submitters, don’t you think? Making people guess as to the reason for flagging seems like poor UX to me, and increases the overall hostility of the site to users. Also, those links I posted are of far less importance to me than my actual concern in terms of how HN and other sites shape my perception of the world based on their UX design. That is the reason I posed this question. Not to complain about my posts getting flagged.

theCrowing 4y ago
As a member of a community or site, it is important to take the time to familiarize yourself with the guidelines and frequently asked questions in order to understand how it operates. There are numerous threads available discussing user-driven moderation on this platform, some even addressing the same concerns you have raised. It seems that you have not made an effort to understand the rules and features of the site, leading to a fundamental misunderstanding and criticism that may not be warranted. It is worth noting that these rules have remained unchanged for the past decade, despite the political and global pandemic events of recent years. Instead of contributing to the repetition of discussions on this topic, it may be more productive to seek out information and consider the possibility that the issue may lie with your own understanding and usage of the site. Additionally, making false claims about search results on a particular search engine only serves to undermine the credibility of your perspective. Alone because of the duckduckgo fib I am ending the discussion, at least for me. I hope you have a pleasant day.
- mactavish88 4y ago
  As per my comment on your other thread: > Here you go, my first page of hits on mobile: https://imgur.com/a/zSL5fVX https://imgur.com/a/zSL5fVX > Only when I got to my laptop now did the set of links differ: https://imgur.com/a/EuUt7U5 https://imgur.com/a/EuUt7U5 > Clearly not the same set of results for the same search. Re: this site's guidelines, I find your comment here a little disingenuous and far too generous towards HN's "guidelines". The mere fact that such content as this exists suggests that HN's guidelines are quite opaque: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented