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Why is this flagged? This seems like a pretty damn important tech story.

ks2048 2y ago
It was flagged, then un-flagged, now flagged again.
lrae 2y ago
Because you have two parties of HN users that happily flag, which is enough. Those who are Trump supporters and those who just don't want any politics / the discussions surrounding it on HN. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Doesn't seem to be a duplicate, so dang might unflag it and remove the filter if he sees the thread.
- Redoubts 2y ago
  You can always email dang about Flags you think are unjust. He's pretty responsive and fair. Just checkout the contact page linked at the bottom
  - _gnad_ 2y ago
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  - badmoderation 2y ago
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  - comrade_dang 2y ago
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nozzlegear 2y ago
I wonder if the flagging/flame war detector is too aggressive for stories like this that blend the worlds of tech and politics. From my bystander PoV, it seems like the majority of interesting news stories like this one get flagged and killed despite a somewhat normal discussion in the comments. I know people want to pretend that politics don't belong on their tech/startup forum, but that's just ignoring the reality of how intertwined the two are at this point.
dang 2y ago
Users flagged it. We can only guess why users flag things, but in this case it seems unlikely to have any chance at a thoughtful conversation. It has the Ultimate Troll Ingredient but little actual information.
- mostlysimilar 2y ago
  You have the ability to unflag stories. This is critically important. Please do the right thing here.
  - _gnad_ 2y ago
    Yup, every time something important gets gang-flagged he leaves it flagged even though he can unflag. There's zero transparency and a heavy bias in moderation here. I stopped contributing here and moved to lobste.rs
    - johnnyanmac 2y ago
      In a way, Danf is just following the will of the people. If the people want to gag reflect to "Musk" and "government" and hide the story, what are we to do?
  - badmoderation 2y ago
    We both know he won't do the right thing...
  - comrade_dang 2y ago
    We both know he won't
  - ebcode 2y ago
    seconded
    - jefurii 2y ago
      yes
77pt77 2y ago
Everything Musk related gets flagged in seconds. Welcome to absolute free speech.

ks2048 2y ago

It was flagged, then un-flagged, now flagged again.

lrae 2y ago

Because you have two parties of HN users that happily flag, which is enough. Those who are Trump supporters and those who just don't want any politics / the discussions surrounding it on HN. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Doesn't seem to be a duplicate, so dang might unflag it and remove the filter if he sees the thread.

Redoubts 2y ago
You can always email dang about Flags you think are unjust. He's pretty responsive and fair. Just checkout the contact page linked at the bottom
- _gnad_ 2y ago
  [dead]
- badmoderation 2y ago
  [dead]
- comrade_dang 2y ago
  [dead]

nozzlegear 2y ago

I wonder if the flagging/flame war detector is too aggressive for stories like this that blend the worlds of tech and politics. From my bystander PoV, it seems like the majority of interesting news stories like this one get flagged and killed despite a somewhat normal discussion in the comments. I know people want to pretend that politics don't belong on their tech/startup forum, but that's just ignoring the reality of how intertwined the two are at this point.

dang 2y ago

Users flagged it. We can only guess why users flag things, but in this case it seems unlikely to have any chance at a thoughtful conversation. It has the Ultimate Troll Ingredient but little actual information.

mostlysimilar 2y ago
You have the ability to unflag stories. This is critically important. Please do the right thing here.
- _gnad_ 2y ago
  Yup, every time something important gets gang-flagged he leaves it flagged even though he can unflag. There's zero transparency and a heavy bias in moderation here. I stopped contributing here and moved to lobste.rs
  - johnnyanmac 2y ago
    In a way, Danf is just following the will of the people. If the people want to gag reflect to "Musk" and "government" and hide the story, what are we to do?
- badmoderation 2y ago
  We both know he won't do the right thing...
- comrade_dang 2y ago
  We both know he won't
- ebcode 2y ago
  seconded
  - jefurii 2y ago
    yes

77pt77 2y ago

Everything Musk related gets flagged in seconds. Welcome to absolute free speech.