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So that would be me. I flag stories about US politics, for example.
by jgrahamc 9mo ago
So that would be me. I flag stories about US politics, for example.
- verdverm 9mo agothis sounds more like GP believes one of the conspiracy theories about how moderation works on HN
- lysace 9mo agoWhat conspiracy theory would that be?
- verdverm 9mo agothe one where a handful of people can coordinate to shadowban / flag unclear if its the one where the official HN mods (there are only 2) believed to be the ones doing this the reality is that the official mods are largely hands off, when they do get involved, more often than not it is to reverse a community flagging action, which is where most moderation happens, at a large enough community scale that a handful of people cannot wield this much flagging power If you believe unjust flagging has happened, the best recourse is to email the HN mods, the are very friendly, helpful and fair
- lysace 9mo ago[flagged]
- dang 9mo agoCrossing into personal attack will get you banned here. Please see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46696791 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46696791 and don't post like this again.
- youngtaff 9mo agoWhy?
- jgrahamc 9mo agoI can read about US politics pretty much anywhere else.