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Flagging does not remove stories. It does not always result in killng them to "[dead]" status. It may not even demote stories off page 1. Flagging is not a ef
by 1vuio0pswjnm7 2y ago
Flagging does not remove stories. It does not always result in killng them to "[dead]" status. It may not even demote stories off page 1. Flagging is not a effective solution to the submission of stories that anyone believes are inappropriate for HN, i.e., it does not stop further submissions on similar topics. They still get submitted. If anything, flagging may be a means of stopping discussion. If it works. Meanwhile "[flagged]" status was removed from this story. Discussion continues.
- dang 2y agoI think I agree with every one of these sentences! Were you in disagreement with something I wrote? The tug-of-war between upvotes and flags is always happening on HN and is a core part of how the software and the community function.
- 1vuio0pswjnm7 2y agoNo disagreement. Not asking for anything to change. Just trying to understand the flagging phenomenon. Given that there is no way to downvote a story the way that one can downvote a comment, perhaps some people use flagging as a way to "downvote" stories.