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HN will flag you for being stupidly confrontational or promoting known conspiracy theories; you can introduce facts provided you back them up with non-insane so

by pjc50 4mo ago

HN will flag you for being stupidly confrontational or promoting known conspiracy theories; you can introduce facts provided you back them up with non-insane sources.

like_any_other 4mo ago
In two of these posts, people might take issue with some of the sources. The rest should all be considered trustworthy by anyone. All flagged: Posts flagged for showing how politics has meddled in science (unfortunately one of those facts was overstated, as a commenter kindly alerted me to. Including the correction did not prevent flagging): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48578344 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48578344 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48524049 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48524049 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48434792 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48434792 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48434589 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48434589 Demonstration of NYTimes bias, flagged: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48164242 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48164242 Showing how an article omitted any links to Israel in its discussion of the Iran war, flagged: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48076950 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48076950 Citing a Dutch study on economic impact of immigrants, flagged: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48070799 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48070799 Showing how a study omitted data that interfered with its conclusion, only revealed due to FOIA'd emails, flagged: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47281899 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47281899 Elucidating on the nature of social media censorship, flagged: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47016171 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47016171 Providing relevant context to UK's complaints about officials being banned from the US, flagged: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46615611 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46615611 Showing the racial bias of a hacktivist, flagged: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46509295 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46509295 Citing a Pew survey about the expressed importance of racial identity, flagged: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45575489 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45575489 Correcting a misleading statement in an article, flagged: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44932696 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44932696
- pas 4mo ago
  people flag things that are obvious and boring, or that are very incendiary, technically dense, and not easily argued (and thus it's not the place and time to discuss it) topics. eg. migration politics and economics (and crime and so on) and some of those comments are just incorrect (like the last one about Loomer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_German_National_Jews https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_German_National... )
  - like_any_other 4mo ago
    So now the goalposts have moved from "stupidly confrontational or promoting known conspiracy theories" to the vague "obvious and boring, very incendiary, technically dense, and not easily argued" (flagging purely factual statements as "very incendiary" is, of course, the original complaint!). But I'm genuinely confused - you say my last comment was incorrect. Can you explain how saying that someone would have tried to stop Jews from fleeing Nazis, doesn't create the impression in the average reader that that someone isn't Jewish? The claim isn't even grounded in any kind of reality - Loomer frequently advocates for Jewish and Israeli interests - i.e. for her own people: According to Loomer, she was banned for a tweet about Omar in which Loomer called her "anti-Jewish," [..] According to Media Matters, Loomer has said that "if you don't vote for Donald Trump, then you just hate this country." Loomer claims that the Democratic Party is supportive of Jews "getting wiped off the face of the Earth" and that Jews who vote for Democrats "might as well just go put yourself in a gas chamber yourself if this is how you're gonna behave." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Loomer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Loomer Laura Loomer, a far-right activist and Zionist Islamophobe, denies Israel's genocide in Gaza, spreads dehumanizing narratives that frame Palestinians as inherent terrorists, and calls for their ethnic cleansing to bolster Israel's settler-colonial project and genocide. - https://www.reversecanarymission.org/person/laura-loomer https://www.reversecanarymission.org/person/laura-loomer Laura Loomer, the far-right media figure, has emerged as one of the president’s most aggressive, pro-Israel enforcers. - https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/us/politics/israel-maga-republicans.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/us/politics/israel-maga-r... Why would we think she'd switch sides in 1940? Nor do I see how the existence of an extremely niche ("Contemporary estimates range from 3,000 to 10,000 members.") organization changes any of this - can you walk me through your logic?

by pjc50 4mo ago

HN will flag you for being stupidly confrontational or promoting known conspiracy theories; you can introduce facts provided you back them up with non-insane sources.

like_any_other 4mo ago

In two of these posts, people might take issue with some of the sources. The rest should all be considered trustworthy by anyone. All flagged: Posts flagged for showing how politics has meddled in science (unfortunately one of those facts was overstated, as a commenter kindly alerted me to. Including the correction did not prevent flagging): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48578344 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48578344 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48524049 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48524049 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48434792 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48434792 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48434589 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48434589 Demonstration of NYTimes bias, flagged: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48164242 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48164242 Showing how an article omitted any links to Israel in its discussion of the Iran war, flagged: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48076950 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48076950 Citing a Dutch study on economic impact of immigrants, flagged: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48070799 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48070799 Showing how a study omitted data that interfered with its conclusion, only revealed due to FOIA'd emails, flagged: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47281899 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47281899 Elucidating on the nature of social media censorship, flagged: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47016171 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47016171 Providing relevant context to UK's complaints about officials being banned from the US, flagged: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46615611 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46615611 Showing the racial bias of a hacktivist, flagged: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46509295 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46509295 Citing a Pew survey about the expressed importance of racial identity, flagged: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45575489 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45575489 Correcting a misleading statement in an article, flagged: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44932696 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44932696

pas 4mo ago
people flag things that are obvious and boring, or that are very incendiary, technically dense, and not easily argued (and thus it's not the place and time to discuss it) topics. eg. migration politics and economics (and crime and so on) and some of those comments are just incorrect (like the last one about Loomer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_German_National_Jews https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_German_National... )
- like_any_other 4mo ago
  So now the goalposts have moved from "stupidly confrontational or promoting known conspiracy theories" to the vague "obvious and boring, very incendiary, technically dense, and not easily argued" (flagging purely factual statements as "very incendiary" is, of course, the original complaint!). But I'm genuinely confused - you say my last comment was incorrect. Can you explain how saying that someone would have tried to stop Jews from fleeing Nazis, doesn't create the impression in the average reader that that someone isn't Jewish? The claim isn't even grounded in any kind of reality - Loomer frequently advocates for Jewish and Israeli interests - i.e. for her own people: According to Loomer, she was banned for a tweet about Omar in which Loomer called her "anti-Jewish," [..] According to Media Matters, Loomer has said that "if you don't vote for Donald Trump, then you just hate this country." Loomer claims that the Democratic Party is supportive of Jews "getting wiped off the face of the Earth" and that Jews who vote for Democrats "might as well just go put yourself in a gas chamber yourself if this is how you're gonna behave." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Loomer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Loomer Laura Loomer, a far-right activist and Zionist Islamophobe, denies Israel's genocide in Gaza, spreads dehumanizing narratives that frame Palestinians as inherent terrorists, and calls for their ethnic cleansing to bolster Israel's settler-colonial project and genocide. - https://www.reversecanarymission.org/person/laura-loomer https://www.reversecanarymission.org/person/laura-loomer Laura Loomer, the far-right media figure, has emerged as one of the president’s most aggressive, pro-Israel enforcers. - https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/us/politics/israel-maga-republicans.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/us/politics/israel-maga-r... Why would we think she'd switch sides in 1940? Nor do I see how the existence of an extremely niche ("Contemporary estimates range from 3,000 to 10,000 members.") organization changes any of this - can you walk me through your logic?