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I didn't flag any of them; I do not owe you an explanation on behalf of the flaggers. Conversely - why didn't you vouch for each of the dead comments, if they

I didn't flag any of them; I do not owe you an explanation on behalf of the flaggers. Conversely - why didn't you vouch for each of the dead comments, if they are so great?

AlbertCory 2y ago
[flagged]
- sangnoir 2y ago
  > .. and this is the sort of hostility one attracts whenever one asks for transparency: the mask drops and the fangs come out. Let me get this straight: you asking me to rationalize other people's actions is "transparency", but my asking you to explain your (in)action is hostility? It doesn't sound like you are contributing in good faith. Have a great day.
  - bloopernova 2y ago
    It's been my experience that people complaining about community moderation are never arguing in good faith. The bad actors have gotten incredibly adept at dragging a forum down into hell. Either they turn a group into one that serves their ideology, or they make the group unusable for its original members.
  - AlbertCory 2y ago
    [flagged]
  - dredmorbius 2y ago
    Not the first time: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41260854 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41260854>
- mistermann 2y ago
  Isn't it great that you can interact with other agents in this system, present them with prompts and observe how they respond, etc? I am becoming increasingly skeptical about how real all these accounts on the internet are.
  - squigz 2y ago
    Another good word might be 'paranoid'
    - ribosometronome 2y ago
      Definitionally paranoia is irrational. Is it still irrational to worry about fake accounts on the internet pushing agendas?
      - squigz 2y ago
        To worry about them? No. To assume every other account is? Probably.
    - mistermann 2y ago
      "Good" as in ~fun to think about" (I agree!), or more like "is an accurate description of what is going on here with my comment" (in this case at least, that would be inaccurate)? What is happening in this thread is rather interesting though, don't you think? And this same sort of thing is happening all over the world right now, as we speak, nudging humanity toward who knows what kind of suboptimal, undesired outcomes. Planet Earth, 2024, is a wild trip!
  - ribosometronome 2y ago
    Increasingly so. There's a terrible, almost schizophrenic feeling that comes with having to wonder if the person you are talking to is real. It seems obviously the case on some platforms and scary to wonder about on platforms like this and Reddit.
megous 2y ago
Vouching doesn't unflag reasonable comments.
- sangnoir 2y ago
  https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/two-hn-announcements https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/two-hn-announcements

I didn't flag any of them; I do not owe you an explanation on behalf of the flaggers. Conversely - why didn't you vouch for each of the dead comments, if they are so great?

AlbertCory 2y ago

[flagged]

sangnoir 2y ago
> .. and this is the sort of hostility one attracts whenever one asks for transparency: the mask drops and the fangs come out. Let me get this straight: you asking me to rationalize other people's actions is "transparency", but my asking you to explain your (in)action is hostility? It doesn't sound like you are contributing in good faith. Have a great day.
- bloopernova 2y ago
  It's been my experience that people complaining about community moderation are never arguing in good faith. The bad actors have gotten incredibly adept at dragging a forum down into hell. Either they turn a group into one that serves their ideology, or they make the group unusable for its original members.
- AlbertCory 2y ago
  [flagged]
- dredmorbius 2y ago
  Not the first time: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41260854 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41260854>
mistermann 2y ago
Isn't it great that you can interact with other agents in this system, present them with prompts and observe how they respond, etc? I am becoming increasingly skeptical about how real all these accounts on the internet are.
- squigz 2y ago
  Another good word might be 'paranoid'
  - ribosometronome 2y ago
    Definitionally paranoia is irrational. Is it still irrational to worry about fake accounts on the internet pushing agendas?
    - squigz 2y ago
      To worry about them? No. To assume every other account is? Probably.
  - mistermann 2y ago
    "Good" as in ~fun to think about" (I agree!), or more like "is an accurate description of what is going on here with my comment" (in this case at least, that would be inaccurate)? What is happening in this thread is rather interesting though, don't you think? And this same sort of thing is happening all over the world right now, as we speak, nudging humanity toward who knows what kind of suboptimal, undesired outcomes. Planet Earth, 2024, is a wild trip!
- ribosometronome 2y ago
  Increasingly so. There's a terrible, almost schizophrenic feeling that comes with having to wonder if the person you are talking to is real. It seems obviously the case on some platforms and scary to wonder about on platforms like this and Reddit.

megous 2y ago

Vouching doesn't unflag reasonable comments.

sangnoir 2y ago
https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/two-hn-announcements https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/two-hn-announcements