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There's been a lot of "off-topic" stuff lately. I feel your pain. On the other hand, there's this other guideline: "Please don't submit comments complaining t
by chaosmachine 17y ago
There's been a lot of "off-topic" stuff lately. I feel your pain.
On the other hand, there's this other guideline:
"Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate for the site."
- swombat 17y agoYeah, I know. I'm still trying to figure out a clever way to basically state that I've flagged the story and encourage others to do so as well. I think until pg makes the flagging process more visible so that stories like this get killed, I'll have to go and make silly posts like this (karma be damned).
- axod 17y agoAgreed. "5,000 people flagged this" would be a visible public notice that most people don't want it there.
- randallsquared 17y agoWhile I agree that this would encourage people to go along rather than apply their own standards, I'm not so sure that's a good thing.
- axod 17y agoSurely that's what happens with upvotes?
- randallsquared 17y agoThat's true. On the other hand, having a flag score would mean that it effectively became a downvote, and presumably those aren't in HN for a reason. I'm not sure of the actual effect of all this.
- axod 17y agoIt'd only become a downvote if it affected ranking. I was just suggesting it be shown.
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- Xichekolas 17y agoWhy not just have faith that others will likewise flag it and it will get killed? Do you write a comment every time you upvote something to encourage others to follow your lead? I can see commenting as to why you voted a certain way if you have something insightful to point out like: "This is actually false, because blah blah", but otherwise, you just have to have faith that the rest of us are out here flagging things too. ;)
- gruseom 17y agoYeah, I know. I'm still trying to figure out a clever way to basically state that I've flagged the story Yeah, you know what the rules are and you're still trying to figure out a clever way to break them? You're behaving like a house guest who keeps trying to rearrange the furniture in the living room. Despite repeated polite requests to stop. Who responds with arguments about how the design is all wrong.
- swombat 17y agoYour analogy is unfair. This isn't somebody's house, it's an online community. We all built the furniture together, placed it together, and are using it together.