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> users are rejecting these stories I find this kind of confusing, why "flag" and not just click "hide" for your self? Why is there a subset of HN users that
by tayo42 2y ago
> users are rejecting these stories
I find this kind of confusing, why "flag" and not just click "hide" for your self?
Why is there a subset of HN users that think they need to make sure I can't see articles they don't want either?
- pvg 2y agoBecause repetitive flamewars make the rest of HN flamey and worse, and enough of it can burn the whole place down - this is a thing that happens to forums and HN is explicitly built around the premise of fending that off for as long as possible. It's also intended as an "unsiloed" online community - there are no sub-hns, we all look at the same stuff and react to and discuss the things on the front page. There is a big subset (I think easily the majority) who care about the nature of HN - a nerd forum of mostly nerd-curiosity things and don't want it changed to something else. A site for discussing current news/political events would be something else.
- chiengineer 2y ago[flagged]