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Ask HN: Why is my post flagged?
I submitted a simple ask post, which was not spam or fraudulent.
It was flag within 3 minutes.
Ask HN: Who Is Firing?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41436298
can anyone guess why it was flagged?
- marcyschidler 2y ago[dead]
- Udo 2y agoMy guess would be that it was flagged because the subject invites unproductive controversy and low quality discussion.
- mindcrime 2y agoFlags are submitted on posts by individuals for reasons that are of their own choosing.[1] If enough users flag a story, it goes into the [dead][flagged] state you see. But unless the users who flagged it choose to chime in, there's no real way to be sure why it was flagged. That said, if I had to guess, I'd say @Udo nailed it. The topic just doesn't seem like something that is going to lead to high-quality and interesting discussion. I mean, I wouldn't have flagged it myself (I'm pretty laissez-faire on that kind of thing) but I can see why others might have. [1]: within reason. I don't know if it's been explicitly stated or not, but I suspect that if a user kept flagging stories for no good reason, they would lose their ability to flag, or have some other consequences. But that's just a guess, I have no insider knowledge or anything.
- gus_massa 2y agoI agree. Moreover, monthly semi-repetitive post usually don't get traction except the first time. Looking at https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Ask%20HN%3A%20Who%20Is%20Firing%3F&type=story&dateRange=all&sort=byDate&storyText=false&prefix&page=0 https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Ask%20HN%3A%20Who%20Is%20Firin... I see one successful post per year. I wouldn't have flagged it, but I don't expect it to get traction.
- bell-cot 2y agoPublicly announcing that someone will be fire is very unprofessional, or an extreme measure. And (IANAL) publicly talking about details is profoundly unwise. Add things up - your item requesting that people violate a number of social taboos.