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Agreed. You aren't even supposed to downvote submissions because of political disagreement. But flagging? That's ridiculous -- you're potentially wasting mod
by jnbiche 13y ago
Agreed. You aren't even supposed to downvote submissions because of political disagreement. But flagging? That's ridiculous -- you're potentially wasting moderator time because you disagree with the politics of the submission.
Flagging is meant to be used very selectively for spam and other submissions that blatantly flout the site's guidelines.
GP, please don't misuse flagging like this again.
- larrys 13y agoNot taking a side on this but if "Flagging is meant to be used very selectively for ..." ...then there should be a pop up when someone goes to flag that says "Note: Are you aware that flagging is meant for .... do you still want to flag??". Many people don't know the "rules?" on HN even if they have been around for some time. For that matter upvotes and downvotes aren't clearly defined. And that whole "in short anything that satisfies ones curiousity" can reach far and wide. And doing the right thing isn't solely a RTFM either. The "FM" is not really something that people familiarize themselves with or keep on top of. (Commenting and reading HN isn't a job obviously.) If certain behavior needs to be enforced (not saying it does or doesn't) then something has to be in place ad hoc to make it more likely to happen.
- crystaln 13y agoThis was not for political disagreement. It was because the article as about transparent political showmanship, which IMO does not meet the standards of the site.