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I wish PG would make flagging more transparent somehow. Maybe with icons, where users could be made aware of the flagging, and have the opportunity to counter o

I wish PG would make flagging more transparent somehow. Maybe with icons, where users could be made aware of the flagging, and have the opportunity to counter or unflag when it's abused. I'm pretty sure flags aren't intended to be downvotes, but that seems to be how they're being used of late. I'm seeing more and more cases where stories are getting quite a few upvotes, and there are interesting conversations going on without a hint of controversy, and boom - flagged off the front page, most likely because of a small but vocal minority who take special exception to a story for one reason or another. This is a pretty interesting story, and definitely relevant given all of the intelligence news of late, but it seems to be getting flagged to death because the word "Benghazi" has become so politicized. Update: And... Dead. Way to go HN!

northwest 13y ago
That's kind of what I've been saying all along: Define "political post", if you find it undesirable, but almost nobody seemed to care about that. Also: Maybe the entire discussion needs to be taken elsewhere, to a place which actually favors the discussion of solutions, by providing the necessary tools, maybe a mindmap kind of structure. We might be about to witness the end of real democracy in the western World and there seems to exist no "hub"-like site or platform which provides a total overview of all issues, all potential solutions and all opinions about them. Maybe The Guardian would be in a good position to take on this role. Or maybe somebody here has a little time to make this their "pet project"? EDIT: OK, the post was just killed officially. Not sure what to think about that.
- cinquemb 13y ago
  Well as of late, a lot of devs/designers have been coming together for this: http://sina.is/task-force/ http://sina.is/task-force/ The github is here: https://github.com/tfrce https://github.com/tfrce Right now, we're about to get started on a project to get more attention at recruiting fairs at colleges, through adhoc methods, the github will be here on it: https://github.com/tfrce/Big-Brother-on-Campus/ https://github.com/tfrce/Big-Brother-on-Campus/
cinquemb 13y ago
It isn't surprising though, the state apologists usually come in and stomp their influence in some form or manor on HN if the information cannot be disputed easily with a couple of handwaves. Edit: * /me looks at [Dead] * comme ça…

northwest 13y ago

That's kind of what I've been saying all along: Define "political post", if you find it undesirable, but almost nobody seemed to care about that. Also: Maybe the entire discussion needs to be taken elsewhere, to a place which actually favors the discussion of solutions, by providing the necessary tools, maybe a mindmap kind of structure. We might be about to witness the end of real democracy in the western World and there seems to exist no "hub"-like site or platform which provides a total overview of all issues, all potential solutions and all opinions about them. Maybe The Guardian would be in a good position to take on this role. Or maybe somebody here has a little time to make this their "pet project"? EDIT: OK, the post was just killed officially. Not sure what to think about that.

cinquemb 13y ago
Well as of late, a lot of devs/designers have been coming together for this: http://sina.is/task-force/ http://sina.is/task-force/ The github is here: https://github.com/tfrce https://github.com/tfrce Right now, we're about to get started on a project to get more attention at recruiting fairs at colleges, through adhoc methods, the github will be here on it: https://github.com/tfrce/Big-Brother-on-Campus/ https://github.com/tfrce/Big-Brother-on-Campus/

cinquemb 13y ago

It isn't surprising though, the state apologists usually come in and stomp their influence in some form or manor on HN if the information cannot be disputed easily with a couple of handwaves. Edit: * /me looks at [Dead] * comme ça…