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I don't think I'm whining or being snarky. I made one comment based on observations and shared my worthless opinion. I don't expect to resolve it, I'm just a p
by tayo42 2y ago
I don't think I'm whining or being snarky. I made one comment based on observations and shared my worthless opinion.
I don't expect to resolve it, I'm just a passer by, it's not my website. I'm fammilar with the mostly hands off approach the mods want to take towards topics here.
- dredmorbius 2y agoHN Guidelines: Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents, and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data. Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. <https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html> (Flagging here is effectively a type of voting behaviour.) As to issues with HN's collaborative filtering (voting, flagging, vouching) features, dang's addressed that: Sure there's abuse of the flagging system; there's abuse of everything. But HN's system as a whole (consisting of community, moderators, and software) has countervailing mechanisms for that and other abuses.... <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22153315 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22153315>
- tayo42 2y agoTo be clear, I don't think it's a coordinated conspiracy type thing when I say it's abused. This original posts topic is about how posts are voted on also. It is on topic in this case
- dredmorbius 2y agoThis discussion is off-topic is the point. Take it up with the mods in email if you have further concerns.