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> all new discussions that reference Musk are being systematically flagged by apparent supporters of Musk. I'm not a Musk supporter at all, but I flag these di
by yodsanklai 2y ago
> all new discussions that reference Musk are being systematically flagged by apparent supporters of Musk.
I'm not a Musk supporter at all, but I flag these discussions for several reasons.
1. To keep my sanity. These stories are pretty much everywhere and will be all over for the next 4 years at least. I don't want to engage in them and lose even more time and get even more anxious.
2. The comments aren't useful and don't bring new information. It's pretty clear what Elon and the oligarchs are trying to do. Those who don't see it won't change their mind at that point.
HN is one of the rare forum to avoid flame war, let's keep it that way.
- fragmede 2y agoBut where this particular article is from Brian Krebs, a niche reporter on hacker news, and bringing SNI, significant new information to the table, why flag this one? The broader strokes of what's going on is obvious, but this particular article is a specific detail of a detail, from a source that is relevant to tits community, and not a generic breathless CNN or Fox News "something happened today"
- Natsu 2y agoI wouldn't exactly call Krebs "niche", he's quite well known on his own.
- NeutralCrane 2y agoIf your objection is that "I don't want to engage with it" and "I don't find them useful", it seems obvious to me that the solution is to simply not click on the thread and move on, rather than to attempt to stifle everyone else from engaging with it.
- yodsanklai 2y agoWell, as a member of this community, it's my right and duty to cast a vote for flagging. If I'm an outlier, it won't have any effect. I believe this post is off-topic as it's political and doesn't satisfy my "hacker curiosity". There are other venues to discuss these topics.
- tayo42 2y ago> If I'm an outlier, it won't have any effect. How many people does it take to flag a post to the point where it doesnt show up anymore?
- dang 2y agoIt depends on how many upvotes there also are.
- GeoAtreides 2y agoso then it follows that for a fresh story it only takes a couple of people flagging... that means two or three people spawn-camping the new queue can control what stories will or will not get through
- belorn 2y agoI would assume there are counter measures and detection. I strongly remember people discussing up-voting rings/puppet groups that pushed stories on slashdot and reddit, and the counter measures used to prevent that. I don't recall if dang has ever openly discussed such security measures, through I do recall him saying that people can loose access to flag/voting if they are misused.