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Ask HN: Yet another “Deleting HN content?” question?
2 points by connorspeers 6y ago|0 comments
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by connorspeers 6y ago
Saw this on my Twitter, good article. I liked this line: > The spread of “highly forwarded” messages then dropped 70%. Though we can’t see exactly what happened inside, the change forced people to be more thoughtful about what they pass
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by connorspeers 6y ago
Thanks for weighing in. Administering this stuff is undoubtedly exhausting, and I appreciate the honest explanation here. I agree that community rule should be rarely overridden, and to be honest, until I asked this question I was under the
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by connorspeers 6y ago
Hot damn. So that’s what that setting does. I thought it just triggered zombies or something, never gave it a second thought. This is the explanation I was looking for. I wish you all the karma, thanks!
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by connorspeers 6y ago
If someone who knew my name called me by another, I would take that to be a low-bar insult and hard feelings would ensue. If someone did that same thing to someone I respect, more hard feelings. Hard feelings trigger useless discussions. I’
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by connorspeers 6y ago
I totally agree with your opinion of modern news. Your opinion of HN and what deserves to be on here is what I take issue with. It felt initially like you argued that because Fox News was the subject of the link, it would start a shitstorm
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by connorspeers 6y ago
Could be mobile safari but I still don’t see a vouch button. :( I have 4 karma, my guess is that HN admins restrict who can vouch, which would help stem the tide of spam. I’m not spam. If this is working as designed, I’d like anyone calling
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by connorspeers 6y ago
Yeah this is probably true. I wish it weren’t, because seeing what non-political hackernews users think about this development would be very valuable. At least to me.
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by connorspeers 6y ago
Wikipedia questioning the reliability of a major cable news network is an interesting new phenomenon. Fake news is an incredibly important topic of discussion for anyone in the social media side of the tech world. I think you’re wrong. Deba
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by connorspeers 6y ago
I think it would be best to not poke bears and call him by his actual name. If users are instinctively flagging things they see as critical of someone they like, maybe the best way to ferry them back to reality is to provide them with infor
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by connorspeers 6y ago
I’m having trouble finding concrete information about the vouch button. Seems like it shows for some users but not all. Do you happen to know if there’s any official information on this? Thanks for your help! I will keep looking once I’m no
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by connorspeers 6y ago
This isn’t about political discourse. It’s about information reliability and how websites are dealing with it. Don’t flag important conversation starters about problems endemic to the internet!
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by connorspeers 6y ago
Not just you! I’m just HN illiterate. Had no idea that was a thing. Thanks!
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by connorspeers 6y ago
Here’s the wired article the submission linked to: https://www.wired.com/story/why-wikipedia-decided-to-stop-ca... I got the submission in my RSS reader (Feedly) which regularly shows me posts that end up getting flagg
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Ask HN: Why was the recent Wired article about Fox News and Wikipedia flagged?
6 points by connorspeers 6y ago|36 comments
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by connorspeers 9y ago
"Ruminations on the heavy weight of software design in the 21st century."
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Move Slowly and Fix Things (by Jonas Downey)(m.signalvnoise.com)
1 points by connorspeers 9y ago|1 comments