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> Such as the recent article by the resident of Sri Lanka during it's civil war. So because a post was wrongly flagged (I haven't checked but I take your word
by skinkestek 1y ago
> Such as the recent article by the resident of Sri Lanka during it's civil war.
So because a post was wrongly flagged (I haven't checked but I take your word for it) we should also flag other posts that the community wants?
Or maybe we should stop using flags as downvotes? Flags are for disinformation, off topic and low quality links, that kind of things, not for "things I personally don't find interesting".
- johnea 1y agoI'm commenting on the discrepancy between what dies of flagging, and what doesn't. I don't think it's as much "I don't find it interesting", as it is "I don't politically agree with this". Specifically, I think there should be an "unflag" link, so that opinions to keep comments active can also be registered.
- johnea 1y agoAnother example today: https://www.chron.com/news/article/hurricane-season-fema-chief-20357861.php https://www.chron.com/news/article/hurricane-season-fema-chi... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44165573 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44165573 The FEMA chief not knowing there's a hurricane season... The woke-nut mode of the highly bimodal distribution seems more inclined to just ignore what they don't like, but the wing-nut mode is constantly flagging articles that point out that we have elected a moron to the office of US presidency... EDIT: Another example, same subject: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fema-staff-confused-after-head-said-he-was-unaware-us-hurricane-season-sources-2025-06-02/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fema-staff-confused-after-h... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44163750 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44163750 Yea, Reuters, that "fake news" site 8-/