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Spam I both downvote and flag. Shills I downvote, and flag if they're blatant. Zealots (people who are here to spread propaganda, rather than have a conversat
by AnimalMuppet 3y ago
Spam I both downvote and flag.
Shills I downvote, and flag if they're blatant.
Zealots (people who are here to spread propaganda, rather than have a conversation) I often downvote. They may have a point (the first time they post), but they Just. Won't. Stop. They won't listen, either, or respond in good faith to peoples' arguments.
Bad faith replies I downvote, and flag if it's blatant.
And when I think about that list, it sounds a lot like the HN guidelines. I wasn't deliberately modeling my voting on the guidelines, but I think there's a basis in the guidelines for my approach.
- _akhe 3y agoI always assumed shills were like paid posts (HN's monetization). Unless you mean like non-startup related shills? Agree, overall HN is pretty solid. There's basically no bullshit, yet at first glance you can't really tell it's moderated. They do a very good job of keeping distance yet staying on top of it when needed - and the community is great at flagging, though maybe sometimes slightly flag-happy! But it keeps a curated feed, I'm overall satisfied.