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Original thread here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8575734 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8575734
by cperciva 12y ago
Original thread here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8575734 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8575734
- pash 12y agoIt was flagdead-ed after about a half hour in the top spot. The only reason it's visible now is because the moderators revived it. It's hard to tell what so many people on HN disliked about the post that they flagged it into oblivion. Has that ever happened to one of pg's blog posts before? By the way, I think HN would benefit from making users specify a reason for flagging, e.g., spam, duplicate, etc., each of which could be handled appropriately. The catch-all flag would then more transparently mirror a downvote, which is what people use the flag functionality for now.
- cperciva 12y agoIt was flagdead-ed after about a half hour in the top spot. Yes, and then someone reposted it with a space added at the end of the URL, and the repost ended up sorted higher because it hadn't picked up any flags.