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@dang Why is this flagged? Even without the politics, knowing that a large cohort is not going to attend in an important piece of information.

jeltz 2y ago
[flagged]
- mdhb 2y ago
  And dang refuses to recognise that there is any kind of problem with this. Just tells people with a straight face to assume everyone is acting in good faith and that you shouldn’t ever question that assumption for the sake of harmony.
  - Aeolun 2y ago
    That’d be fine if there was an equal number of people that could vouch for something, but that button doesn’t exist now?
    - pas 2y ago
      Did it existed for submissions? I only saw it for comments.
      - Aeolun 2y ago
        Just had dang reply that it only works for ‘[dead]’ (which I guess only applies to comments), not for flagged posts.
- DonHopkins 2y ago
  [flagged]
- raffraffraff 2y ago
  Maybe? But the US is a weird two-bubble system in which "you're either with us or against us" is held to be true by most people. Which is why a sane 3rd option isn't available on the voting card. And it's why "being pro-Trump" is not the only reason one might flag that post. Outside the US, where a completely polarisation hatred between just two parties is not the norm, there are people who can agree with their opponents on some issues. MANY people outside the US hate Trump and think that he's screwing up America, the global economy, world peace, their pension etc, but they might still be able to agree with him on some things.
  - pas 2y ago
    Unfortunately it's becoming the norm. (Not to mention that in many places with de facto one-party this was also the norm since their first day on the internet.)
- anonfordays 2y ago
  You don't have to be pro-Trump to flag this. I flagged it for pushing fake news and far-left extremism.
GeoAtreides 2y ago
there is another, better UI for HN: https://hn.algolia.com/ https://hn.algolia.com/ set it for the last 24 hours and enjoy uncensored content
- ndsipa_pomu 2y ago
  Or, use https://news.ycombinator.com/active https://news.ycombinator.com/active
  - michaelsshaw 2y ago
    It's always fun when you make something only to realize it already exists. It's a pain that I'm sure you know as well.
redbeanpandas 2y ago
This is insane, everything that criticize US and current gov is flagged. Really disappointing and frightening. As a European citizen who reads European news, it was really strange not to see topics about the deterioration of US relations with its allies and its closer ties with Russia on this site. It was major news in the EU and completely silent here.
- eqvinox 2y ago
  To be fair, most of those are news, not hacker news. But I suspect the hacker relevant ones also got that treatment.
- pas 2y ago
  I can easily sympathize with those who want HN to be some kind of bubble to where they can escape from the/their troubles. (Using the flag feature for this is not what I would do, or ever did.) I use https://hckrnews.com https://hckrnews.com it shows flagged posts too.
Raed667 2y ago
the fact that dang refuses to reinstate the thread even 6 hours later is worrying me, this is 100% a valid topic for HN
- pas 2y ago
  He's not some kind of 0-24 robot, come on. (Yes, I also think it's HN related.)
gosub100 2y ago
It's flagged because it's one-sided political activism. I mostly support the first EO that is on that front page. What am I supposed to do? 1) Post here and defend it, then get in a flame war with people who disagree? 2) bite my lip because we're not supposed to support Trump's actions? I'm not allowed to support the elected president because it's not popular? I'm sure there's a left-leaning tech group you can join where everyone agrees with you. But this post doesn't belong here, and neither do flame wars.

jeltz 2y ago

[flagged]

mdhb 2y ago
And dang refuses to recognise that there is any kind of problem with this. Just tells people with a straight face to assume everyone is acting in good faith and that you shouldn’t ever question that assumption for the sake of harmony.
- Aeolun 2y ago
  That’d be fine if there was an equal number of people that could vouch for something, but that button doesn’t exist now?
  - pas 2y ago
    Did it existed for submissions? I only saw it for comments.
    - Aeolun 2y ago
      Just had dang reply that it only works for ‘[dead]’ (which I guess only applies to comments), not for flagged posts.
DonHopkins 2y ago
[flagged]
raffraffraff 2y ago
Maybe? But the US is a weird two-bubble system in which "you're either with us or against us" is held to be true by most people. Which is why a sane 3rd option isn't available on the voting card. And it's why "being pro-Trump" is not the only reason one might flag that post. Outside the US, where a completely polarisation hatred between just two parties is not the norm, there are people who can agree with their opponents on some issues. MANY people outside the US hate Trump and think that he's screwing up America, the global economy, world peace, their pension etc, but they might still be able to agree with him on some things.
- pas 2y ago
  Unfortunately it's becoming the norm. (Not to mention that in many places with de facto one-party this was also the norm since their first day on the internet.)
anonfordays 2y ago
You don't have to be pro-Trump to flag this. I flagged it for pushing fake news and far-left extremism.

GeoAtreides 2y ago

there is another, better UI for HN: https://hn.algolia.com/ https://hn.algolia.com/ set it for the last 24 hours and enjoy uncensored content

ndsipa_pomu 2y ago
Or, use https://news.ycombinator.com/active https://news.ycombinator.com/active
- michaelsshaw 2y ago
  It's always fun when you make something only to realize it already exists. It's a pain that I'm sure you know as well.

redbeanpandas 2y ago

This is insane, everything that criticize US and current gov is flagged. Really disappointing and frightening. As a European citizen who reads European news, it was really strange not to see topics about the deterioration of US relations with its allies and its closer ties with Russia on this site. It was major news in the EU and completely silent here.

eqvinox 2y ago
To be fair, most of those are news, not hacker news. But I suspect the hacker relevant ones also got that treatment.
pas 2y ago
I can easily sympathize with those who want HN to be some kind of bubble to where they can escape from the/their troubles. (Using the flag feature for this is not what I would do, or ever did.) I use https://hckrnews.com https://hckrnews.com it shows flagged posts too.

Raed667 2y ago

the fact that dang refuses to reinstate the thread even 6 hours later is worrying me, this is 100% a valid topic for HN

pas 2y ago
He's not some kind of 0-24 robot, come on. (Yes, I also think it's HN related.)

gosub100 2y ago

It's flagged because it's one-sided political activism. I mostly support the first EO that is on that front page. What am I supposed to do? 1) Post here and defend it, then get in a flame war with people who disagree? 2) bite my lip because we're not supposed to support Trump's actions? I'm not allowed to support the elected president because it's not popular? I'm sure there's a left-leaning tech group you can join where everyone agrees with you. But this post doesn't belong here, and neither do flame wars.