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Does anyone know why this post isn't anywhere near the front page? It was posted 1 hour ago, has 11 points, and 11 comments. It's not a dupe, and it's from a re
by gnicholas 3y ago
Does anyone know why this post isn't anywhere near the front page? It was posted 1 hour ago, has 11 points, and 11 comments. It's not a dupe, and it's from a reputable/popular source.
According to the recently submitted Stories Removed from the HN Front Page [1], this did make it to the front page, but then plummeted off.
Why would anyone flag a submission like this? I wish it were possible to 'vouch' for a post that has been flagged but is not currently dead.
1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39230513 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39230513
- RankingMember 3y agoWe can only guess, so here's mine: It's a paywalled article- maybe that annoyed people enough to flag it.
- beardyw 3y agoWSJ? Not in my experience.
- pauby 3y agoCan confirm it's paywalled.
- gnicholas 3y agoI think GP was indicating that WSJ links do not generally get flagged. I can certainly confirm this as well. The HN policy is that it's OK to post links to sites that are available via workarounds, and typically someone ends up posting a workaround link to these articles.
- beardyw 3y agoYes, it seems a bit dubious. Some jokey negative comments are seriously downvoted too. I doubt Amazon has any actual fans.
- bebna 3y agoit's paywalled, probably has one of those anti eu blockers. can't see more than title and first line.
- fortran77 3y agoPeople flag posts like this for several reasons 1) Someone doesn't like the WSJ and/or flags every "paywalled" source because they think everything should be free 2) Someone doesn't like _you_ and downvotes/flags everything you post or 3) Someone petty person tried to submit it, saw that someone else submitted it and "flagged" it for revenge