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Agreed. At some point I flagged every snowden/NSA story on the front page (I believe it was 28 out of 30). I don't seem to be able to flag any more so I guess

Agreed. At some point I flagged every snowden/NSA story on the front page (I believe it was 28 out of 30). I don't seem to be able to flag any more so I guess that was picked up as abuse, so unfortunately I can't flag any more of these stories. I wouldn't mind seeing stories on all of this, as long as they are only posted when something interesting has actually happened, as opposed to just because there hasn't been a story on it for 5 minutes

gori 13y ago
Why not let the others here decide what they think is interesting instead of flagging posts? Things people like gets upvoted and rise to the top. You did abuse the system, because you used the flagging as a downvote button. This is not Reddit.
- DanBC 13y ago
  > Why not let the others here decide what they think is interesting Weird that you cannot spot the contradiction here. Why not let others here decide what they think shouldn't be here instead of upvoting crap posts? Other people are abusing the upvote button by voting for content that should not be here. > This is not Reddit. The quality over the past week has been lousy.
  - gori 13y ago
    Sorry, English is not my first language. We do not have a downvote button. Major news is allowed here. This is an active story that a lot of people is interested in, and this means that a lot of posts about it is upvoted. Shouldn't the flag button only be about things that are not allowed? Not as a way to remove things you find not interesting? The issue here is that the upvoting is democratic. One person flagging posts based on his opinions (and as you can see in this thread, your opinions are not the same as others, imagine that!) and them getting completely removed because of it is not democratic. If you don't like things, don't upvote them. They get upvoted because others like them. How can this be so hard to understand? Your opinion of the quality of the posts here is not what should decide what posts others read!
    - pestaa 13y ago
      You can only moderate other upvotes by flagging the submissions they upvoted.
      - gori 13y ago
        Moderation is for removing submissions that are not appropriate, not for removing the things you don't find very interesting. There's a clear distinction between the two.
itafroma 13y ago
> I don't seem to be able to flag anymore so I guess that was picked up as abuse, so unfortunately I can't flag anymore of these stories. Same here, though I believe I lost my flagging ability after 2 or 3 Snowden stories. Definitely a heads up for anyone else who might think these types of stories hit the "Off-topic: Most stories about politics" part of the post guidelines.

gori 13y ago

Why not let the others here decide what they think is interesting instead of flagging posts? Things people like gets upvoted and rise to the top. You did abuse the system, because you used the flagging as a downvote button. This is not Reddit.

DanBC 13y ago
> Why not let the others here decide what they think is interesting Weird that you cannot spot the contradiction here. Why not let others here decide what they think shouldn't be here instead of upvoting crap posts? Other people are abusing the upvote button by voting for content that should not be here. > This is not Reddit. The quality over the past week has been lousy.
- gori 13y ago
  Sorry, English is not my first language. We do not have a downvote button. Major news is allowed here. This is an active story that a lot of people is interested in, and this means that a lot of posts about it is upvoted. Shouldn't the flag button only be about things that are not allowed? Not as a way to remove things you find not interesting? The issue here is that the upvoting is democratic. One person flagging posts based on his opinions (and as you can see in this thread, your opinions are not the same as others, imagine that!) and them getting completely removed because of it is not democratic. If you don't like things, don't upvote them. They get upvoted because others like them. How can this be so hard to understand? Your opinion of the quality of the posts here is not what should decide what posts others read!
  - pestaa 13y ago
    You can only moderate other upvotes by flagging the submissions they upvoted.
    - gori 13y ago
      Moderation is for removing submissions that are not appropriate, not for removing the things you don't find very interesting. There's a clear distinction between the two.

itafroma 13y ago

> I don't seem to be able to flag anymore so I guess that was picked up as abuse, so unfortunately I can't flag anymore of these stories. Same here, though I believe I lost my flagging ability after 2 or 3 Snowden stories. Definitely a heads up for anyone else who might think these types of stories hit the "Off-topic: Most stories about politics" part of the post guidelines.