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Why is this flagged?

cwillu 3y ago
Flagging is a user action here, not an admin action; mostly just means that there's enough people here who think it's off-topic; possible motivations for doing so are pretty transparent.
submeta 3y ago
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- cwillu 3y ago
  Why would israeli lobbyists flag a post about an attack on israel?
  - submeta 3y ago
    So that no one explains why Iran retaliates for the Israeli attack on the consulate in Syria, where a dozen Iranians were killed.
    - cwillu 3y ago
      Then why is the top comment thread currently a discussion of exactly that retaliation? The lobbyists just gave up on their flagging campaign? *edit: sorry, second from the top currently.
      - submeta 3y ago
        [flagged]
        cwillu 3y ago
        Upvotes don't counteract flags here: if the people who flagged the post, also flagged comments, the comments would still be tagged as flagged; graying out from negative vote balance is separate.
    - HDThoreaun 3y ago
      Iranians who were employed by the iranian military and were giving Hezbollah missiles to be shot at Israel for anyone who wants a bit more context. Not a fan of this attack but its not like it was unprovoked.
      - deleted 3y ago
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- Ajay-p 3y ago
  [flagged]
  - submeta 3y ago
    Show me where. On the other hand: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40025973 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40025973
    - mupuff1234 3y ago
      https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39951876 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39951876 I've seen both sides flag basically everything.
      - arp242 3y ago
        I've flagged my share of stories on the topic, not because I consider myself to be on any "side" of the issue – other than the "side" of humanism – but because any thoughtful discourse on the topic is damn near impossible, and endless repetition of the same tired old stuff adds nothing to the site.
hnfong 3y ago
Presumably because off-topic? > Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, or celebrities, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.

Flagging is a user action here, not an admin action; mostly just means that there's enough people here who think it's off-topic; possible motivations for doing so are pretty transparent.

submeta 3y ago

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cwillu 3y ago
Why would israeli lobbyists flag a post about an attack on israel?
- submeta 3y ago
  So that no one explains why Iran retaliates for the Israeli attack on the consulate in Syria, where a dozen Iranians were killed.
  - cwillu 3y ago
    Then why is the top comment thread currently a discussion of exactly that retaliation? The lobbyists just gave up on their flagging campaign? *edit: sorry, second from the top currently.
    - submeta 3y ago
      [flagged]
      - cwillu 3y ago
        Upvotes don't counteract flags here: if the people who flagged the post, also flagged comments, the comments would still be tagged as flagged; graying out from negative vote balance is separate.
  - HDThoreaun 3y ago
    Iranians who were employed by the iranian military and were giving Hezbollah missiles to be shot at Israel for anyone who wants a bit more context. Not a fan of this attack but its not like it was unprovoked.
    - deleted 3y ago
      [deleted]
Ajay-p 3y ago
[flagged]
- submeta 3y ago
  Show me where. On the other hand: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40025973 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40025973
  - mupuff1234 3y ago
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39951876 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39951876 I've seen both sides flag basically everything.
    - arp242 3y ago
      I've flagged my share of stories on the topic, not because I consider myself to be on any "side" of the issue – other than the "side" of humanism – but because any thoughtful discourse on the topic is damn near impossible, and endless repetition of the same tired old stuff adds nothing to the site.

hnfong 3y ago

Presumably because off-topic? > Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, or celebrities, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.