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Can someone explain why this article is being flagged?
by toomim 3y ago
Can someone explain why this article is being flagged?
- xqcgrek2 3y agoIronic, isn't it.
- dang 3y agoUsually when the [flagged] marker appears, it's a combination of users who feel that the story is offtopic for HN (perhaps because it has already led to a lot of repetition and flamewars), and users who disagree with the article for ideological or political reasons.
- mdp2021 3y agoHow can we instead defend the legitimacy of a submission?
- mauvia 3y agoUsers with high karma get access to a "vouch" button.
- mdp2021 3y agoYou had me find an old post of Sam Altman as I searched information about "vouch": https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/two-hn-announcements/ https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/two-hn-announcements/
- mdp2021 3y agoOk, I notice the '[vouch]' button now. Also, I found info about it at https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html I must have been confused as I thought you should vouch against "flagged", not to revert "dead".
- tptacek 3y agoFor comments, not for posts.
- mdp2021 3y agoIt is also for submissions, T. It becomes apparent when you enable the "showdead" option.
- tptacek 3y agoIf you think something valuable has been improperly flagged, you can mail hn@yc. What you shouldn't do is complain on the thread that it's been improperly flagged, because the meta argument you'll start by doing that will just make the story drop faster. Front page real estate is scarce, and the site is rigged to find every reason to push things off it to make way for the next valuable story.
- dredmorbius 3y agoMore specifically, HN relies on a "flamewar detector", which signals overheated conversations where there are > 40 comments and the ratio of comments to upvotes is > 1. Long digressions tend to push stories toward that threshold.
- undefinedland 3y ago[flagged]
- toomim 3y agoInteresting. Thanks.
- batch12 3y agoI think it's because people flag articles that start the same tired, tired arguments that we see everywhere else on the internet.
- 6510 3y agonope, they flagged it overthere too.
- batch12 3y agoMaybe lots and lots of people are tired of the same arguments?
- claytongulick 3y agoBecause it somehow makes sense to flag a conversation so that others who may want to participate can't do so, because the flagger is tired of it? Instead of the flagger just reading something else?
- batch12 3y agoMaybe these hypothetical people want to keep this site different? Or maybe I'm overthinking things again.
- claytongulick 3y agoThat's a valid reason for flagging political flamebait stuff, sure. There are guidelines here. But just because you're tired of a subject? Others aren't all the same age and experience, and maybe haven't had a chance to discuss or explore what our hypothetical flagger is bored with.