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Conspiracy to me but it seems like coordinated flagging. I've noticed on a local US subreddit any political action or protest is immediately swarmed by people

Conspiracy to me but it seems like coordinated flagging. I've noticed on a local US subreddit any political action or protest is immediately swarmed by people criticizing it or calling it useless. The comments might end up down voted but the level of engagement far exceeds a typical thread. Then looking through their comment history they're doing it across many other city subreddit. No trend of them being an active participant in any one location.

stogot 2y ago
People have pointed out they flag politics here because it violates the rules. Simple as that
- cantrecallmypwd 2y ago
  There won't be a "here" anymore because of the politics, at least not a recognizable here. That's the absurdity of trying to ignore the 800 lbs. gorilla in the room when he's bashing your head in. Sometimes, the rules need to change to adapt with unusual times. Because silence gives consent.
  - stogot 2y ago
    I don’t understand your comment and the new user status makes it suspect. Either way, it’s against the rules. Discuss politics on Reddit they say, not here
    - Gud 2y ago
      Politics has been discussed here for as long as I can remember. And I’ve been a member for a pretty long time now.
      - stogot 2y ago
        I don’t say that it doesn’t happen (it is right now). I said it’s against the rules and that’s why the flags happen
    - insane_dreamer 2y ago
      On HN we discuss tech, which was mostly apolitical until Elon decided to make it very political. So yeah, politics is now in. I don't like it either, but you'll have to take it up with him. Flag all you want, it's not going away until that situation changes.
      - Gud 2y ago
        Technology was never apolitical. Silicon Valley sprung up from the military industrial complex. One of Tesla’s main driving forces was to ease the burden of the common man.
        insane_dreamer 2y ago
        I said “mostly” , and that was a different era. The military-industrial complex is well supported by both parties (sadly) so not really a “political issue” in today’s sense.
    - deleted 2y ago
      [deleted]
    - cantrecallmypwd 2y ago
      [flagged]
- lantry 2y ago
  everything is politics
  - xethos 2y ago
    Sure, but the US president and his latest asinine crusade is more political than the 3D printed robot arm that's a few links ahead of this one currently It's a gradient, where everyone has an individually-set line, I won't disagree with you there. Some things cross a majority of people's line though, and other topics do not
- insane_dreamer 2y ago
  Yeah, that's BS. Which rule specifically is this post violating?
  - stogot 2y ago
    https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html I didn’t flag I’m just addressing the comments
- computerthings 2y ago
  There's so many prolific posters here debating the same simple facts over and over, pointing out they don't care about a discussion without contributing any of it. But surely all that weird stuff we see cannot possibly ever influence flagging, because the people who state their motivations for flagging are the only people who flag. If anyone did anything fishy they'd just say it, obviously. You cannot "point out" an internal motivation anyway, you can only claim it. At this point, the question "why should I believe you?" seems an appropriate response, since not a single one of them I've seen could explain why why they don't click "hide" instead of "flag". Or allow people to opt-in to a view that ignores flags. Can you? And hey, there's a link in the footer of every page to something that mentions Musk of a group of "the world’s top AI experts", to garner interest in a "100% free conference and every attendee is hand-picked." But that has nothing to do with anything, either. I'd say some people bank on fascism winning but also don't want to be seen in case fascism doesn't win. Trapped between two kinds cowardice. Simple as that.
  - stogot 2y ago
    much handwringing and I have no idea what your point is? There’s guidelines and people flag when they think it violates the guidelines? I did t flag but am just sharing what I’ve seen. If you don’t like the guidelines, send your political monologue to the mods and see if they care
    - computerthings 2y ago
      > send your political monologue to the mods and see if they care I already did, they also got nothing ^^
      - stogot 2y ago
        you disproved your own point. Congratulations
- watwut 2y ago
  Nah. Politics happily stays when it comes to promotion of home schooling and what not.

stogot 2y ago

People have pointed out they flag politics here because it violates the rules. Simple as that

cantrecallmypwd 2y ago
There won't be a "here" anymore because of the politics, at least not a recognizable here. That's the absurdity of trying to ignore the 800 lbs. gorilla in the room when he's bashing your head in. Sometimes, the rules need to change to adapt with unusual times. Because silence gives consent.
- stogot 2y ago
  I don’t understand your comment and the new user status makes it suspect. Either way, it’s against the rules. Discuss politics on Reddit they say, not here
  - Gud 2y ago
    Politics has been discussed here for as long as I can remember. And I’ve been a member for a pretty long time now.
    - stogot 2y ago
      I don’t say that it doesn’t happen (it is right now). I said it’s against the rules and that’s why the flags happen
  - insane_dreamer 2y ago
    On HN we discuss tech, which was mostly apolitical until Elon decided to make it very political. So yeah, politics is now in. I don't like it either, but you'll have to take it up with him. Flag all you want, it's not going away until that situation changes.
    - Gud 2y ago
      Technology was never apolitical. Silicon Valley sprung up from the military industrial complex. One of Tesla’s main driving forces was to ease the burden of the common man.
      - insane_dreamer 2y ago
        I said “mostly” , and that was a different era. The military-industrial complex is well supported by both parties (sadly) so not really a “political issue” in today’s sense.
  - deleted 2y ago
    [deleted]
  - cantrecallmypwd 2y ago
    [flagged]
lantry 2y ago
everything is politics
- xethos 2y ago
  Sure, but the US president and his latest asinine crusade is more political than the 3D printed robot arm that's a few links ahead of this one currently It's a gradient, where everyone has an individually-set line, I won't disagree with you there. Some things cross a majority of people's line though, and other topics do not
insane_dreamer 2y ago
Yeah, that's BS. Which rule specifically is this post violating?
- stogot 2y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html I didn’t flag I’m just addressing the comments
computerthings 2y ago
There's so many prolific posters here debating the same simple facts over and over, pointing out they don't care about a discussion without contributing any of it. But surely all that weird stuff we see cannot possibly ever influence flagging, because the people who state their motivations for flagging are the only people who flag. If anyone did anything fishy they'd just say it, obviously. You cannot "point out" an internal motivation anyway, you can only claim it. At this point, the question "why should I believe you?" seems an appropriate response, since not a single one of them I've seen could explain why why they don't click "hide" instead of "flag". Or allow people to opt-in to a view that ignores flags. Can you? And hey, there's a link in the footer of every page to something that mentions Musk of a group of "the world’s top AI experts", to garner interest in a "100% free conference and every attendee is hand-picked." But that has nothing to do with anything, either. I'd say some people bank on fascism winning but also don't want to be seen in case fascism doesn't win. Trapped between two kinds cowardice. Simple as that.
- stogot 2y ago
  much handwringing and I have no idea what your point is? There’s guidelines and people flag when they think it violates the guidelines? I did t flag but am just sharing what I’ve seen. If you don’t like the guidelines, send your political monologue to the mods and see if they care
  - computerthings 2y ago
    > send your political monologue to the mods and see if they care I already did, they also got nothing ^^
    - stogot 2y ago
      you disproved your own point. Congratulations
watwut 2y ago
Nah. Politics happily stays when it comes to promotion of home schooling and what not.