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I'll lay odds that the Meta employee that made the decision to do this, has an HN account. I notice how quickly this story is descending through the pages. It's

I'll lay odds that the Meta employee that made the decision to do this, has an HN account. I notice how quickly this story is descending through the pages. It's already off the front page.

gruez 11mo ago
>I notice how quickly this story is descending through the pages. It's already off the front page. HN doesn't even have a downvote button.
- ChrisMarshallNY 11mo ago
  I know. It’s fascinating to see which stories take a dive.
  - gruez 11mo ago
    So you don't know why exactly this story was "taking a dive", but regardless you're going to assume the Meta employee responsible for the feature has an HN account and is somehow causing it?
    - ChrisMarshallNY 11mo ago
      Huh? Way to interpolate. Kudos to your reach! I just was pointing out that it's likely that the employee responsible was here. The diving is highly unlikely to be triggered by a single employee (unless it was that "employee"). No, but if it was flagged, it's possible that it was by Meta employees. I can't see why it would be flagged, otherwise. I'll bet there's enough for a good flash mob, like the Elon stans that always flag down stories critical of him. I'll bet they will also be flagging my comment. It's nice to be loved...
      - LexiMax 11mo ago
        This is precisely why I always use the active front page. https://news.ycombinator.com/active https://news.ycombinator.com/active It is the answer to the question. "What stories do Hacker News users not want me to see?"
      - gruez 11mo ago
        >Way to interpolate. Kudos to your reach! I just was pointing out that it's likely that the employee responsible was here. The diving is highly unlikely to be triggered by a single employee (unless it was that "employee"). Sorry, I thought you were the OP, which made the claim of >Way to interpolate. Kudos to your reach! I just was pointing out that it's likely that the employee responsible was here. The diving is highly unlikely to be triggered by a single employee (unless it was that "employee").
      - ryandrake 11mo ago
        It's always so wild to see the denial of what is almost certainly going on. "Article critical of tech company X or tech celebrity Y gets quickly buried in flags" is a tale as old as time here. It is not a huge leap of faith to suppose that the flagging activity often comes from employees or fans who have an interest in burying criticism. But if you mention it, people act as though you are talking crazy. That Meta employees, with a strong incentive to see Meta succeed, would NEVER stoop to flagging an article critical of Meta or demonstrating Meta's wrongdoing. My goodness! How could one even imagine that could happen?? Technically, no we don't know this is going on. Only HN's admins can know this. But come on...
      - senordevnyc 11mo ago
        I flagged it, and I've never worked at Meta. I flagged it because: 1. I find her description of what happened here ("an AI impersonated me!!") to be inaccurate and misleading. 2. I find her blatantly misandrist victimhood stance to be disgusting.
- Jtsummers 11mo ago
  HN does have flagging for submissions which can downrank them, and this submission is marked as [flagged] so that's probably what happened here.
  - graemep 11mo ago
    Yes. I was wondering why it is flagged though.
    - randycupertino 11mo ago
      Generally when I post something unflattering about Tesla, Meta or Airbnb it gets flagged. Just a pattern I've noticed. The Tesla ones get flagged the fastest!

I'll lay odds that the Meta employee that made the decision to do this, has an HN account. I notice how quickly this story is descending through the pages. It's already off the front page.

gruez 11mo ago

>I notice how quickly this story is descending through the pages. It's already off the front page. HN doesn't even have a downvote button.

ChrisMarshallNY 11mo ago
I know. It’s fascinating to see which stories take a dive.
- gruez 11mo ago
  So you don't know why exactly this story was "taking a dive", but regardless you're going to assume the Meta employee responsible for the feature has an HN account and is somehow causing it?
  - ChrisMarshallNY 11mo ago
    Huh? Way to interpolate. Kudos to your reach! I just was pointing out that it's likely that the employee responsible was here. The diving is highly unlikely to be triggered by a single employee (unless it was that "employee"). No, but if it was flagged, it's possible that it was by Meta employees. I can't see why it would be flagged, otherwise. I'll bet there's enough for a good flash mob, like the Elon stans that always flag down stories critical of him. I'll bet they will also be flagging my comment. It's nice to be loved...
    - LexiMax 11mo ago
      This is precisely why I always use the active front page. https://news.ycombinator.com/active https://news.ycombinator.com/active It is the answer to the question. "What stories do Hacker News users not want me to see?"
    - gruez 11mo ago
      >Way to interpolate. Kudos to your reach! I just was pointing out that it's likely that the employee responsible was here. The diving is highly unlikely to be triggered by a single employee (unless it was that "employee"). Sorry, I thought you were the OP, which made the claim of >Way to interpolate. Kudos to your reach! I just was pointing out that it's likely that the employee responsible was here. The diving is highly unlikely to be triggered by a single employee (unless it was that "employee").
    - ryandrake 11mo ago
      It's always so wild to see the denial of what is almost certainly going on. "Article critical of tech company X or tech celebrity Y gets quickly buried in flags" is a tale as old as time here. It is not a huge leap of faith to suppose that the flagging activity often comes from employees or fans who have an interest in burying criticism. But if you mention it, people act as though you are talking crazy. That Meta employees, with a strong incentive to see Meta succeed, would NEVER stoop to flagging an article critical of Meta or demonstrating Meta's wrongdoing. My goodness! How could one even imagine that could happen?? Technically, no we don't know this is going on. Only HN's admins can know this. But come on...
    - senordevnyc 11mo ago
      I flagged it, and I've never worked at Meta. I flagged it because: 1. I find her description of what happened here ("an AI impersonated me!!") to be inaccurate and misleading. 2. I find her blatantly misandrist victimhood stance to be disgusting.
Jtsummers 11mo ago
HN does have flagging for submissions which can downrank them, and this submission is marked as [flagged] so that's probably what happened here.
- graemep 11mo ago
  Yes. I was wondering why it is flagged though.
  - randycupertino 11mo ago
    Generally when I post something unflattering about Tesla, Meta or Airbnb it gets flagged. Just a pattern I've noticed. The Tesla ones get flagged the fastest!