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this sounds more like GP believes one of the conspiracy theories about how moderation works on HN

• lysace 10mo ago
  What conspiracy theory would that be?
  • verdverm 10mo ago
    the 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 10mo ago
      [flagged]
      • verdverm 10mo ago
        How do you know it was only a small number of people for the cases you have witnessed? As you stated, they reached the front page, which implies the opposite, that many people saw it and flagged it