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None of my posts should be flaggable at this point. Probably Russian trolls?

by jdmark 2y ago

pseudo0 2y ago
From the guidelines: > 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. Most people aren't here to read about the Russia/Ukraine conflict. You submit articles very frequently on the topic, so it's not surprising that some of them get flagged.
- jdmark 2y ago
  The topics that I submit are mostly related to new technological developments in the defense industry. I try to give leads in new military technology so if engineers and software developers want to contribute or start a career path in the defense industry they have a leg up. This particular post about Russian war crimes has over 60 comments which I think is significant and the post should not be flagged. I am a high profile Ukraine War activist and what I post I think matters. Quite a few people in the defense industry and government read the posts that I submit to Hacker News YCombinator. I have a very large following in government and the international defense industries. I am working on a better work flow for news aggregation to bring more relevant up-to-date news to this community here and on X.com. When it comes to war crimes and stories that relate to human atrocities I think an acception should be made here.
  - 93po 2y ago
    It's really up to the community and mods what counts as tech news, and clearly they disagree with you.
    - jdmark 2y ago
      I just wanted to make sure it wasn't Russian trolls that flagged this post as it is the first or one of the first and the article is about Russian "death camps". I try to focus entirely on engineering and tech related to the war in Ukraine in hopes of recruiting and encouraging engineers and software developers to help improve the situation in Ukraine by improving their technological capability while also offering opportunities to participate and develop their careers at the same time. I'm working on my work/information flow so I'm able to spread better tech related news here at HackerNews YCombinator. I enjoy reading and contributing the highly technical articles as that is what we want here. We don't want low level shit here. Slipping in one of these off-topic related articles is okay every now and then but I thought it would be at least interesting for us to read something about the condition of prisoners and their deaths due to ill-treatment. The world needs to know.
    - jdmark 2y ago
      My news aggregation website is coming soon. It is just a matter of risk, reward, and maintenance with the site itself. If I had the funding and did not have to work a normal day job I would do it over night. Cherry pick news articles that fit a certain theme and post them? Anyone can do that. Aggregate maps and data, sure.
    - jdmark 2y ago
      I think what matters most in this type of post is the type of discussion that results, even if it is off topic.
      - 57FkMytWjyFu 2y ago
        Others disagree.
    - chipdart 2y ago
      > It's really up to the community and mods what counts as tech news, and clearly they disagree with you. I don't think that's true. There's indeed plenty of engagement in this discussion, quiver above the average engagement in HN, but somehow it sounds like there's some kind of counter pressure to bury this particular discussion.
      - whamlastxmas 2y ago
        A high engagement to low voting score is actually a negative indicator, which is an opinion held by the moderation team because if that ratio is bad enough it gets auto-deranked and possibly flagged.
- vaylian 2y ago
  > From the guidelines: > > Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, Contemporary history should not be conflated with politics. There can be some overlap, but what this article describes are significant events that go far beyond everyday politics. > Most people aren't here to read about the Russia/Ukraine conflict. That can be said about pretty much any topic on this site. However, it is clear that there is still considerable interest in the topic even if it is below 50% of the user base
- chipdart 2y ago
  > Most people aren't here to read about the Russia/Ukraine conflict. I don't know what "most people" is supposed to mean. To me, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, as the US presidential elections, are clear examples of an interesting new phenomenon. Russia's invasion of Ukraine is particularly relevant to techies by the way Ukraine has been thrashing a full-blown invasion by Russia with nove high-tech weapons such as it's vast array of cheap drones. Also, I'd say that a genocide in 21st century Europe is quite novel.

None of my posts should be flaggable at this point. Probably Russian trolls?

by jdmark 2y ago

None of my posts should be flaggable at this point. Probably Russian trolls?

From the guidelines: > 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. Most people aren't here to read about the Russia/Ukraine conflict. You submit articles very frequently on the topic, so it's not surprising that some of them get flagged.

jdmark 2y ago
The topics that I submit are mostly related to new technological developments in the defense industry. I try to give leads in new military technology so if engineers and software developers want to contribute or start a career path in the defense industry they have a leg up. This particular post about Russian war crimes has over 60 comments which I think is significant and the post should not be flagged. I am a high profile Ukraine War activist and what I post I think matters. Quite a few people in the defense industry and government read the posts that I submit to Hacker News YCombinator. I have a very large following in government and the international defense industries. I am working on a better work flow for news aggregation to bring more relevant up-to-date news to this community here and on X.com. When it comes to war crimes and stories that relate to human atrocities I think an acception should be made here.
- 93po 2y ago
  It's really up to the community and mods what counts as tech news, and clearly they disagree with you.
  - jdmark 2y ago
    I just wanted to make sure it wasn't Russian trolls that flagged this post as it is the first or one of the first and the article is about Russian "death camps". I try to focus entirely on engineering and tech related to the war in Ukraine in hopes of recruiting and encouraging engineers and software developers to help improve the situation in Ukraine by improving their technological capability while also offering opportunities to participate and develop their careers at the same time. I'm working on my work/information flow so I'm able to spread better tech related news here at HackerNews YCombinator. I enjoy reading and contributing the highly technical articles as that is what we want here. We don't want low level shit here. Slipping in one of these off-topic related articles is okay every now and then but I thought it would be at least interesting for us to read something about the condition of prisoners and their deaths due to ill-treatment. The world needs to know.
  - jdmark 2y ago
    My news aggregation website is coming soon. It is just a matter of risk, reward, and maintenance with the site itself. If I had the funding and did not have to work a normal day job I would do it over night. Cherry pick news articles that fit a certain theme and post them? Anyone can do that. Aggregate maps and data, sure.
  - jdmark 2y ago
    I think what matters most in this type of post is the type of discussion that results, even if it is off topic.
    - 57FkMytWjyFu 2y ago
      Others disagree.
  - chipdart 2y ago
    > It's really up to the community and mods what counts as tech news, and clearly they disagree with you. I don't think that's true. There's indeed plenty of engagement in this discussion, quiver above the average engagement in HN, but somehow it sounds like there's some kind of counter pressure to bury this particular discussion.
    - whamlastxmas 2y ago
      A high engagement to low voting score is actually a negative indicator, which is an opinion held by the moderation team because if that ratio is bad enough it gets auto-deranked and possibly flagged.
vaylian 2y ago
> From the guidelines: > > Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, Contemporary history should not be conflated with politics. There can be some overlap, but what this article describes are significant events that go far beyond everyday politics. > Most people aren't here to read about the Russia/Ukraine conflict. That can be said about pretty much any topic on this site. However, it is clear that there is still considerable interest in the topic even if it is below 50% of the user base
chipdart 2y ago
> Most people aren't here to read about the Russia/Ukraine conflict. I don't know what "most people" is supposed to mean. To me, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, as the US presidential elections, are clear examples of an interesting new phenomenon. Russia's invasion of Ukraine is particularly relevant to techies by the way Ukraine has been thrashing a full-blown invasion by Russia with nove high-tech weapons such as it's vast array of cheap drones. Also, I'd say that a genocide in 21st century Europe is quite novel.