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The flagging mechanism here is "the public", not "some random, faceless dude". That is, flagging is done by users, not moderators.
by AnimalMuppet 2y ago
The flagging mechanism here is "the public", not "some random, faceless dude". That is, flagging is done by users, not moderators.
- dns_snek 2y agoThe topic of discussion is shadow banning which is different from flagging. It is applied by the website automatically, displaying [dead] rather than [flagged] There are several [dead] comments in this comment section even though there's nothing wrong with them.
- hackerbeat 2y agoBoth of these are based on arbitrary rules that clearly haven't been thought through.
- hackerbeat 2y agoMaybe, you don't know that. However, we constantly see stuff getting "flagged" on here that is totally fine, like this question we're on. Only content that goes against the law or the site's guidelines should get flagged, not opinions or articles that aren't to the liking of some folks. Liberality also means putting up with opinions that don't suit you.
- TheCleric 2y agoOkay, but this very topic goes against the guidelines, hence why it’s flagged. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html