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If this story was deleted based by PG because the conversation devolved pretty quickly, that's reasonable; if this story was deleted automatically based on some

If this story was deleted based by PG because the conversation devolved pretty quickly, that's reasonable; if this story was deleted automatically based on some large number of people flagging it, that's pretty damn interesting in the context of the story.

willvarfar 15y ago
Yeap, something is up with the general whole front-page today; stories with low points from long ago are floating up whilst this and other today stories are disappearing Flagging might explain disappearing, but does it explain that the front page is all out-of-order?
Tichy 15y ago
I flagged it because I don't think anything useful comes out of those sexism threads. It's effectively trolling. Not saying it is not a problem, just that it won't be solved by flamewars on HN.
- bksenior 15y ago
  It is incredibly important not only because of the sexism angle, but it opens up a pretty clear case of the appropriateness of handling customer complaints in a public forum. Flagging something do to a perceived "possible flamewar" is no better than lame use of fallacies to discount such a commonplace and pregnant problem.
- pathdependent 15y ago
  I mostly agree. In general, I think such threads belong to the same class as political threads, where the impetus for contribution is some combination of intellectual and moral masturbation. The only reason I did not have flag the previous thread, was because it was an example of sexism par excellence. Both sides started out wrong in some way -- her curse with a demand yielded his emotional tilt. This produced to a weird feedback loop that lead to one side being really wrong, when in reality they were probably not that far apart initially. It was an example of an entire evolutionary chain of an emotional conflict. You don't get to see that too often. (Well, on twitter, you actually do, but this chain was much more relevant to the sexism mime of the last week than "mY ScaLa buTthUrts your RuBy.")
- electrichead 15y ago
  I'm pretty sure that in a community of entrepreneurs and developers, this story is actually one of the most pertinent. It deals with PR and culture and I don't see why anyone should flag it. The comment thread on that story was really interesting - you might want to read it. Sometimes it is not just about the story - it is also about the discussion on HN that I come here for

willvarfar 15y ago

Yeap, something is up with the general whole front-page today; stories with low points from long ago are floating up whilst this and other today stories are disappearing Flagging might explain disappearing, but does it explain that the front page is all out-of-order?

Tichy 15y ago

I flagged it because I don't think anything useful comes out of those sexism threads. It's effectively trolling. Not saying it is not a problem, just that it won't be solved by flamewars on HN.

bksenior 15y ago
It is incredibly important not only because of the sexism angle, but it opens up a pretty clear case of the appropriateness of handling customer complaints in a public forum. Flagging something do to a perceived "possible flamewar" is no better than lame use of fallacies to discount such a commonplace and pregnant problem.
pathdependent 15y ago
I mostly agree. In general, I think such threads belong to the same class as political threads, where the impetus for contribution is some combination of intellectual and moral masturbation. The only reason I did not have flag the previous thread, was because it was an example of sexism par excellence. Both sides started out wrong in some way -- her curse with a demand yielded his emotional tilt. This produced to a weird feedback loop that lead to one side being really wrong, when in reality they were probably not that far apart initially. It was an example of an entire evolutionary chain of an emotional conflict. You don't get to see that too often. (Well, on twitter, you actually do, but this chain was much more relevant to the sexism mime of the last week than "mY ScaLa buTthUrts your RuBy.")
electrichead 15y ago
I'm pretty sure that in a community of entrepreneurs and developers, this story is actually one of the most pertinent. It deals with PR and culture and I don't see why anyone should flag it. The comment thread on that story was really interesting - you might want to read it. Sometimes it is not just about the story - it is also about the discussion on HN that I come here for