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Down 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
by O__________O 4y ago
Down 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.