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> I lost flagging privileges, it's not binary. You can lose some ability without getting (shadow)banned. How do you find out about that? Doesn't the 'flag' li
by kybernetyk 13y ago
> I lost flagging privileges, it's not binary. You can lose some ability without getting (shadow)banned.
How do you find out about that? Doesn't the 'flag' link show up anymore?
- dchest 13y agoSame here. Yep, there's no flag link anymore.
- pvnick 13y agoI can still flag things - both posts and comments. Could your flagging history be perceived as excessive?
- dchest 13y agoI guess so. I think it disappeared after I flagged a lot of comments in one thread, but I'm not really sure (and it happened a few years ago).
- ch0wn 13y agoI lost my flag privileges for posts a long time ago. Is there a separate one for comments, ie. a different action than downvoting?
- frogpelt 13y agoIt seems like a monthly quota of flags would make more sense than a lifetime quota. There again, this is not my site.
- simias 13y agoAFAIK there's no "flag" on comments, just stories (conversely, there's no downvotes for stories, just comments). Or maybe I just don't have enough karma to see it (or I lost it long ago). An other weird thing about HN: sometimes I can't see the "reply" link on a comment for a while, even if I reload. Like, I wanted to reply to your post earlier but I couldn't even though ch0wn had already posted his own. I don't understand what triggers that behaviour.
- dchest 13y agoAFAIK there's no "flag" on comments, just stories (conversely, there's no downvotes for stories, just comments). Or maybe I just don't have enough karma to see it (or I lost it long ago). There were flag links on both comments and stories before they disappeared for me. An other weird thing about HN: sometimes I can't see the "reply" link on a comment for a while, even if I reload. It's a feature to help prevent long flamewar threads.
- ColinWright 13y agoThere is flag on both submissions and comments. There is downvote on comments, but not on submissions. The "Reply" link is deliberately delayed on deep threads to help mitigate flame wars. These are all well-known features.
- dhimes 13y agowell-known in the scholarly sense, not in the everyday sense. While we're at it, for fun: http://io9.com/5880128/what-scientists-say-in-research-papers-vs-what-they-actually-mean http://io9.com/5880128/what-scientists-say-in-research-paper...
- ColinWright 13y agoI agree it is not obvious to those who first come across these things. However, it is very well-known to anyone who searches for the countless threads about this very issue. Sadly, most people just ask the question without first researching the issue, and that then prompts several demonstrably incorrect answers.
- dhimes 13y agoIt's also in the FAQ and the guidelines if you read hard enough, but some of the subtleties of the questions are not explained there (probably because they were fluid for a while).
- egeozcan 13y ago
- lmm 13y agoStrangely enough I can flag posts but not comments.
- galaktor 13y agoditto. "flag" is gone. thought they might have changed something...
- Fuxy 13y agoI can't down vote. Only the up arrow shows for me. Not that i mind I wouldn't down vote anyway. Ignoring is down voting in my book.
- ma2rten 13y agoYou don't have enough karma to downvote.