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You could've just asked me earlier. In all sincerity, the quality and quantity of your earlier comments on this left me with the impression that you had nothin
by GHFigs 14y ago
You could've just asked me earlier.
In all sincerity, the quality and quantity of your earlier comments on this left me with the impression that you had nothing but accusation and rage. (Disclaimer: I use Windows on a ThinkPad. I have a Samsung phone.)
Also, I don't rely on the front page, rarely vote on stories and have flagged maybe two or three times, so this isn't something that I am particularly concerned with or think anybody else should be. But comment quality I am concerned with, and so I care to the extent that addressing this issue will assist you and cooldeal posting fewer of the same angry comments.
So, to that extent, while I remain unconvinced that the problem is as described, I appreciate the effort.
That indicates flagging. [..] That's the whole point of flagging.
You answered neither of my questions: How are you counting the number of flags? Where are you getting the idea that flagging is effectively a downvote? I've never understood flags to cause anything to happen without a human moderator.
- brudgers 14y ago"I've never understood flags to cause anything to happen without a human moderator." That's the way most sites work. HN isn't most sites. Unlike vBulletin, etc. content on HN isn't static. Like up and downvotes, flagging allows community moderation without the moderators getting involved. They can work instead. People know how flagging works on HN because the basic code is available for inspection.
- GHFigs 14y agoI have looked at news.arc and I do not come to the same conclusion about how flagging works. Without any additional information to understand the allegations, I've concluded that this is probably bullshit.