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Yeah but in practice this isn't actually the case, people flag all the time for people just having a dissenting opinion, fitting none of the categories you ment
by alex1138 1y ago
Yeah but in practice this isn't actually the case, people flag all the time for people just having a dissenting opinion, fitting none of the categories you mentioned
- dang 1y agoAs mentioned, I haven't seen cases of that in the current thread. If there are any, I'd appreciate links. We don't see everything.
- 3cKU 1y ago[dead]
- michtzik 1y agoLooking at the flagged comments throughout this thread, perhaps https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45354759 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45354759 is the closest to being flag-killed for a different opinion.
- dang 1y agoThat one is arguably borderline—on the one hand, it makes large statements about a divisive topic without adding much information, but on the other hand it isn't snarky, name-calling, etc. I've turned off the flags.
- braiamp 1y agoThere's one comment literally spreading misinformation and it isn't flagged, but instead got pushback by others, critically pointing the weakness of their arguments.
- 3cKU 1y ago[dead]