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>I feel like users abusing flags is toxic to the spirit of HN... But it's always going to happen. Same with the upvotes/downvotes. People will flag a post or d
by ClapperHeid 4y ago
>I feel like users abusing flags is toxic to the spirit of HN...
But it's always going to happen. Same with the upvotes/downvotes. People will flag a post or downvote a comment they don't like, whether or not it happens to be true, relevant or accurate.
The secret is not to let it bother you. At the end of the day your karma ratings here are just "internet points" and flagging or downvoting are just people proclaiming that "Someone is wrong on the internet!". It really is no different to Twitter or Reddit, in that regard. We just like to delude ourselves we're a cut above those kind of sites.
- O__________O 4y agoDown voting of submissions is not possible — unless a user flags a submission, which is NOT what flags are for, they’re for flagging the violation HN guidelines.
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoSome submissions are in foreign languages, which is a violation of HN guidelines. And some are spam, which also is. So, yes, flagging submissions is appropriate. You may say that it's used more broadly than that on submissions, but flagging submissions is not inherently wrong.
- O__________O 4y agoObviously there are numerous valid reasons to flag submissions, many of which Dang automatically does — issue is the invalid reasons.