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This is a problem with Hacker News. Maybe because most people can't downvote (or I dunno some other reason), it has a big big problem with duplicate stories.
by mehwoot 13y ago
This is a problem with Hacker News. Maybe because most people can't downvote (or I dunno some other reason), it has a big big problem with duplicate stories. When Steve Jobs died for example, 30/30 stories were "Steve Jobs has died" for quite some time.
It is irritating, that's for sure.
- DanBC 13y agoPeople can flag submissions. I don't know if there's a karma threshold for flagging. People should be visiting new and flagging articles that don't belong here, and upvoting good articles. It's a bit worrying that "over flagging" could cause someone to lose their ability to flag articles - some users have reported that. Still, most of the Snowden articles are garbage and should be flagged.
- gori 13y agoFlagging != downvoting. We should upvote things we find interesting, and flag things that isn't appropriate at all.
- levosmetalo 13y agoNo you can't flag stories. Theoretically you can, but if you try to actually flag 25 Snowden stories today, since all of them are off-topic according to HN guidelines, your flag ability will be removed in a matter of minutes.