Maybe some people just searched for the accounts on twitter, found them, and concluded that Vice is either mistaken, or jumped to premature conclusions.
@dang, do you have any solutions for Musk related articles being flagged constantly? Clearly someone is trying to abuse the flag process. Does being flagged affect it getting on the frontpage or any effect?
I flag most (not all) Musk-related articles because they're flamebait that isn't intellectually thought- or curiosity-provoking. This makes them unsuitable for HN, and therefore exactly what the flagging system is for.
Maybe some people just searched for the accounts on twitter, found them, and concluded that Vice is either mistaken, or jumped to premature conclusions.
@dang, do you have any solutions for Musk related articles being flagged constantly? Clearly someone is trying to abuse the flag process. Does being flagged affect it getting on the frontpage or any effect?
Why do you think that democratic flagging needs a solution?
> democratic flagging
how is it "democratic" when a few people can kill an article they don't agree with?
"democratic" would be upvotes & downvotes canceling each other out, which we already have.
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You can't unflag, can you? It is not like voting.
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I flag most (not all) Musk-related articles because they're flamebait that isn't intellectually thought- or curiosity-provoking. This makes them unsuitable for HN, and therefore exactly what the flagging system is for.
The Elonites don't care for this sort of thing, as it makes Dear Leader look a bit silly.
Do they have the power to make a HN submission un-vouchable?
Submissions become vouchable once flagkilled, not once flagged.
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