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> It's revealing that you're repeatedly framing your decision as someone else's Yes it's revealing that I was confused about how HN works. I did flag it, and
by FloorEgg 10mo ago
> It's revealing that you're repeatedly framing your decision as someone else's
Yes it's revealing that I was confused about how HN works.
I did flag it, and I don't deny that. I explained in another comment how I thought it was 70/30 off/on topic. However my confusion stems from the fact that I thought moderators made the final decision to flag a submission. I just read about it and now realize that users drive flagging which alerts moderators and then they choose whether to set it as dead. At least now that's how I think it works.
So yes, a lot of my comments didn't make any sense. All of my interpretation of the guidelines I stand by, but my misunderstanding about the flagging mechanism totally skewed a bunch of my comments and I no longer agree with them. If I could, I would edit them.
- UncleMeat 10mo ago[flagged] [dead] is also not set by mods. It is automatic. It is only when you see [dead] without [flagged] that the mods have done it.
- FloorEgg 10mo agoI feel pretty silly about all of this. Part of the reason I was so adamant about my stance is that I've had comments flagged in the past, which at the time I felt wasn't appropriate (I really thought fell within the guidelines) and I mistakenly thought the moderators had done. So over time I adapted my interpretation of the guidelines, which is what I was representing here. Now I realize I was being censored by who knows who based on their interpretation of the guidelines, or who knows why, not the people who run this site. Worse, I let it bias how I use the site and now propogated that pattern out on to others. I really don't know what to think about all this as there is a lot to unpack and reflect on, but I've unflagged this submission. Thanks again for clarifying how flagging works for me it's made a big difference.