We didn't see it or demote it—it set off the flamewar detector. I've turned that off now, in keeping with the principle described here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41511529.
p.s. @dang is a no-op - I only saw this thread because I was doing our standard review of the flamewar detector. If you want guaranteed* message delivery, hn@ycombinator.com is the only way.
* Well, mostly guaranteed. I assume there are a few that fail to get noticed in the spam bin, though we check that pretty carefully.
This makes me sad.
@dang, can you comment on that? I appreciate your integrity.
We didn't see it or demote it—it set off the flamewar detector. I've turned that off now, in keeping with the principle described here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41511529.
p.s. @dang is a no-op - I only saw this thread because I was doing our standard review of the flamewar detector. If you want guaranteed* message delivery, hn@ycombinator.com is the only way.
* Well, mostly guaranteed. I assume there are a few that fail to get noticed in the spam bin, though we check that pretty carefully.
That's awfully convenient. You don't moderate the content, your flame war detector goes off, and the algorithm removes it for you.
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