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If you do a search for the word rape, there are tons of discussions about it, so it's definitely not categorically off topic. I'm going to email hn@ycombinator.
by 4oo4 2y ago
If you do a search for the word rape, there are tons of discussions about it, so it's definitely not categorically off topic. I'm going to email hn@ycombinator.com per the FAQ since the way this keeps happening feels abusive and against the spirit of HN.
- krapp 2y agoAs far as I know, flags come from the community, not the mods. Hacker News is designed so that it doesn't even take many flags to affect a thread. You can complain to the mods all you like but there's nothing you can do about the zeitgeist. The mods also won't change their own policies.
- dang 2y agoFlags mostly come from the community; sometimes from the mods. When the post is a submission (as opposed to a comment), they almost always come from the community.