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Apparently electric cars are no longer tech, since every post mentioning Tesla gets flagged. And Musk is no longer appropriate, despite remaining CEO of Tesla a

Apparently electric cars are no longer tech, since every post mentioning Tesla gets flagged. And Musk is no longer appropriate, despite remaining CEO of Tesla and owning SpaceX and Twitter. Did you know Tesla announced how many cars it delivered, giving actual numbers to the recent speculation? Not news here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43556443 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43556443 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43556463 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43556463 (and probably others with fewer upvotes)

pvg 2y ago
“It’s tech” is not in itself a golden ticket to HN ontopicness. Both of your links are effective dupes (by HN’s long established dupery rules) - they have had multiple recent discussions. Both are also repeat flamewar topics. This is about as basic, bog-standard and righteous user flagging as it gets.
- stubish 2y ago
  And yet, one of those articles has since been unflagged by a moderator.
  - pvg 2y ago
    Why do you think that? Both of these articles look flagged to me and I don't see any moderator commentary in them. Also, even if they were unflagged, they are clearly never going to be on the front page. I can't see any evidence that there was some kind of moderator intervention there, they're completely obvious dupes.
    - stubish 2y ago
      Sorry, I thought the Financial Times one had been unflagged, but must have been looking at the wrong tab. I don't see how they are dupes though - both are about todays (yesterdays?) numbers released by Tesla. There have been a lot of articles speculating demand in various countries (also flagged to oblivion), but this is about actual deliveries this last quarter with actual numbers. They also both did hit the front page before being flagged. The ft one sitting at 135 votes at https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=last24h https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=last24h, just above Lois Borge meeting a founder of AI. This is what happens - articles get upvoted because people are interested, hit the front page, get noticed by the flaggers when they come online, and get flagged.
      - pvg 2y ago
        I don't see how they are dupes though That's how dupes work on HN - they go by 'are you going to get the same thread'. There have been many Tesla sale threads, they are all the same and none are in the slightest bit interesting. This is what happens - articles get upvoted because people are interested, hit the front page, get noticed by the flaggers when they come online, and get flagged. Many people upvote things that are offtopic on HN, especially news items they have strong feelings a bout. Other people then flag them because these things are offtopic on HN and often repetitive. That sounds more or less how it's supposed to work?

pvg 2y ago

“It’s tech” is not in itself a golden ticket to HN ontopicness. Both of your links are effective dupes (by HN’s long established dupery rules) - they have had multiple recent discussions. Both are also repeat flamewar topics. This is about as basic, bog-standard and righteous user flagging as it gets.

stubish 2y ago
And yet, one of those articles has since been unflagged by a moderator.
- pvg 2y ago
  Why do you think that? Both of these articles look flagged to me and I don't see any moderator commentary in them. Also, even if they were unflagged, they are clearly never going to be on the front page. I can't see any evidence that there was some kind of moderator intervention there, they're completely obvious dupes.
  - stubish 2y ago
    Sorry, I thought the Financial Times one had been unflagged, but must have been looking at the wrong tab. I don't see how they are dupes though - both are about todays (yesterdays?) numbers released by Tesla. There have been a lot of articles speculating demand in various countries (also flagged to oblivion), but this is about actual deliveries this last quarter with actual numbers. They also both did hit the front page before being flagged. The ft one sitting at 135 votes at https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=last24h https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=last24h, just above Lois Borge meeting a founder of AI. This is what happens - articles get upvoted because people are interested, hit the front page, get noticed by the flaggers when they come online, and get flagged.
    - pvg 2y ago
      I don't see how they are dupes though That's how dupes work on HN - they go by 'are you going to get the same thread'. There have been many Tesla sale threads, they are all the same and none are in the slightest bit interesting. This is what happens - articles get upvoted because people are interested, hit the front page, get noticed by the flaggers when they come online, and get flagged. Many people upvote things that are offtopic on HN, especially news items they have strong feelings a bout. Other people then flag them because these things are offtopic on HN and often repetitive. That sounds more or less how it's supposed to work?