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Ask HN: My post is flagged incorrectly. No review?
I have a post that got flagged, but it conforms to the rules.
1. CNN is considered a solid source as far as I know.
2. It’s scientifically accurate. A woman actually has two uteruses (uteri?) and gave birth to fraternal twins. The fact that two babies were in her body makes them fraternal twins.
———> I’ve checked the FAQ and it offers no way to contact a moderator for a review of the situation. That’s also why I am doing this publicly…no private messaging system appears to exist.
If there’s a valid reason for it to be flagged, I honestly would like to know so I don’t make the same mistake repeatedly.
Thank you for your time.
- Tomte 3y agoHappens all the time. Don't think about it much. You can write the mods at hn@ycombinator.com, if you wish.
- dtagames 3y agoPosts are flagged by users. So your post was down voted by the community itself. CNN is not a good source for HN posts as the site discourages repeating things that are from "regular news" sources.
- dirtyhippiefree 3y agoIt’s not downvoted with over fifty upvotes. It’s flagged. Big difference.
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- dirtyhippiefree 3y agoThe post was voted on (flagged) by •one• member, to be precise.
- solardev 3y agoAnyone can flag your post, but others can vouch for it. Maybe someone just thought it was off-topic? Unfortunately, despite the guidelines, the site has a strong tech focus and not so much on interesting biology or other fields.
- frankjr 3y agoWhy would you think a topic like that is suitable for a tech forum?
- the_only_law 3y ago[flagged]
- frankjr 3y agoConsidering your profile and comment history, the term is not unfamiliar, is it?
- dirtyhippiefree 3y agoI mistook it to be a science forum. I ignored the social posts, as did you. Edit: If there are biotech startups in YCombinator, might they not want the information?
- mrkeen 3y agoI didn't see the comment section for the post, but maybe it filled up with vitriol and commenters flagged the whole post instead of individual comments. Just a guess.
- dirtyhippiefree 3y agoIt’s a science post…vitriol? Definitely recommend RTFA. Interesting perspective…
- dirtyhippiefree 3y ago——> I’ve discovered the tech focused haven’t actually read the guidelines for HN… There are many non-tech submissions on Hacker News. From the guidelines: > On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.