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That is an interesting idea. As long as HN's code has the ability to detect such co ordinated flag kills and alert the mods, all good (imo). Just to be clear,
by plinkplonk 12y ago
That is an interesting idea.
As long as HN's code has the ability to detect such co ordinated flag kills and alert the mods, all good (imo).
Just to be clear, I have no position on whether HN should or should not discuss such stories (I can see arguments for either side, and lots of grey areas). I'd be personally fine with a 'tech only' focus (say).
My question was about why these stories were getting killed moments after submission, since many discussions have happened about women in tech, diversity, company business model unethicalities etc, without triggering flag kills.
- jsprogrammer 12y agoHN should discuss whatever it discusses.
- freshhawk 12y agoI might be misreading your response but just to reiterate: Asking if Uber has a reputation management firm to handle stuff like this is like asking if they have tax lawyers. And a professional, expensive firm would certainly have enough clean accounts to do this undetectably if that was even necessary (no idea what detection ability HN has). In my opinion that's the most plausible answer to why, but it's not the only one.