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If you don't think a post should be on HN, hit the flag button and a mod will look at it. HN is as good as you want it to be after all.
by nicholassmith 14y ago
If you don't think a post should be on HN, hit the flag button and a mod will look at it. HN is as good as you want it to be after all.
- rms 14y agoI already flagged the parent comment, as the typical Hacker News complaining is inappropriate for an obituary thread.
- nicholassmith 14y agoI agree, there's often a time and a place for it.
- swombat 14y agoFlagging actually also works as a massive downgrade of votes. Get a couple of people to flag an article and it will go down 10 places on the front page. So don't use flagging just to "bring it to someone's attention". It's far more powerful, and should be used judiciously...