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How the fuck does this end-up flagged ... There is over 90 upvotes does this not count ? Where is the mythical vouch feature I could never find ? A yes I belie

How the fuck does this end-up flagged ... There is over 90 upvotes does this not count ? Where is the mythical vouch feature I could never find ? A yes I believe it's not yet dead, so you can't vouch ?

ufo 2y ago
Several factors affect it... high number of upvotes and comments in a short amount of time, users flagging it because of politics, etc. Hopefully it gets manually unflagged.
tim333 2y ago
I've been wondering how the vouch thing works? I've been on HN like forever but not noticed it.
- maxerickson 2y ago
  It's for flagged comments. If you click the timestamp link, it takes you to a view of just the comment where you can 'vouch', which is a statement you think it is unfairly or inappropriately flagged.
  - tim333 2y ago
    Ah ok thanks. So comments but not stories I guess.
    - romanhn 2y ago
      Stories too - all the other flagged dupes at the time showed the vouch option while this one didn't. I suspect this thread got auto-moderated as spam and therefore vouch wasn't available since it could be used to circumvent the moderation. Whereas the user-flagged stories were all vouchable.
    - layer8 2y ago
      No, it’s also for submissions that have been flagged enough that they are dead. But you have to have showdead turned on to see those submissions. https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/blob/master/README.md#flaggingvouching https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/blob/m...
AnimalMuppet 2y ago
Not sure, but I think you can only vouch things that are dead, not just flagged. With a comment, I think that if it's flagged (more than some number of times), then it's dead. (It's also dead if the user is shadowbanned, or if it's downvoted to -4.) If you think that's wrong, you can (and should!) vouch for it. With a post, it can be flagged but not dead. Such threads can be replied to. Or a thread can be dead, in which case it cannot be replied to, but it can be vouched. That's my understanding, but I could be wrong.

ufo 2y ago

Several factors affect it... high number of upvotes and comments in a short amount of time, users flagging it because of politics, etc. Hopefully it gets manually unflagged.

tim333 2y ago

I've been wondering how the vouch thing works? I've been on HN like forever but not noticed it.

maxerickson 2y ago
It's for flagged comments. If you click the timestamp link, it takes you to a view of just the comment where you can 'vouch', which is a statement you think it is unfairly or inappropriately flagged.
- tim333 2y ago
  Ah ok thanks. So comments but not stories I guess.
  - romanhn 2y ago
    Stories too - all the other flagged dupes at the time showed the vouch option while this one didn't. I suspect this thread got auto-moderated as spam and therefore vouch wasn't available since it could be used to circumvent the moderation. Whereas the user-flagged stories were all vouchable.
  - layer8 2y ago
    No, it’s also for submissions that have been flagged enough that they are dead. But you have to have showdead turned on to see those submissions. https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/blob/master/README.md#flaggingvouching https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/blob/m...

AnimalMuppet 2y ago

Not sure, but I think you can only vouch things that are dead, not just flagged. With a comment, I think that if it's flagged (more than some number of times), then it's dead. (It's also dead if the user is shadowbanned, or if it's downvoted to -4.) If you think that's wrong, you can (and should!) vouch for it. With a post, it can be flagged but not dead. Such threads can be replied to. Or a thread can be dead, in which case it cannot be replied to, but it can be vouched. That's my understanding, but I could be wrong.