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Ask HN: What do I need to do to be able to 'flag' posts
I lost that ability a few months ago, and still waiting to get it back. I don't think I ever abused the power.
- ColinWright 13y agoYou may have been mis-identified as belonging to a voting ring, or otherwise fallen foul of the filters and automatic systems. From http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html : Please don't post on HN to ask or tell us something (e.g. to ask us questions about Y Combinator, or to ask or complain about moderation). If you want to say something to us, please send it to info@ycombinator.com.
- ScottWhigham 13y agoThis happened to me back when the Snowden thing first blew up. I often browsed "new" and would flag dupes/spam. When the Snowden thing first broke, I flagged a lot of dupes and subsequently lost flagging privileges. I happened to complain about it once in a comment explaining how I no longer visit "new" since I can't flag and boom - my flag privileges showed back up the next day. No word as to why but it seemed to me that a mod read my comment and changed the account.