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I tried to vouch as well and it didn’t work. Does a second flag lock the comment dead?

• kps 4y ago
  Vouching never seems to work for me. I used to use it when I thought a comment had been unfairly flagged even when I disagreed with it (as in this case), and I suspect I've had my vouching ability shadow-disabled for diverging from the mean. Regular downvoting is bad enough, but flagging is effectively an unassailable super-downvote.
  • webstrand 4y ago
    I've been using HN for a decade, I thought it was free of the disease of downvoting.
    • potta_coffee 4y ago
      I wish that were so but it fairly obviously isn't. Just jump on a thread about politics or vaccination or any other cultural issue.
  • jrootabega 4y ago
    Yes, vouching gets shadow disabled if you go against the abusive hive mind that is condoned here.
    • dahart 4y ago
      FWIW, I don’t suspect my vouching is disabled. The comment has been un-flagged now. The churn in this thread is fairly interesting though. I can honestly see why it might be enough of a debate trigger that it’s best from a moderation point of view if the thread was harder to find and comment on.