Comment by AlbertCory
1 year ago
I noticed that there is nothing in the FAQ about vouching, so I did a search and found this.
I think it would be useful to know if there are some accounts or groups which frequently flag things. You could potentially expose this data without disclosing their names. Are there in fact people acting as censors?
Vouching is in the FAQ: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html#cvouch
Re who flags what: the basic pattern seems pretty consistent and I've described it a number of times over the years: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que.... The short version is that there are some people who flag specific topics but usually those flags alone aren't enough to make the difference.
I beg your pardon. I did do a Find on the FAQ but somehow didn't get it.