Because to a certain group of HN regulars everything that gives them a tingle in the conscience is "offtopic" and "politics". Another quieter group believe themselves to be the rational Übermensch and cannot wait for the vagrants and the spooky pinky haired leftists to be put on camps.
The site is getting inundated with bots. For the past few months everytime I realize some poster I’m replying to is looping in replies or having gaping holes in logic, I check their account and it’s been made in the past few months and the early interactions it had were with other accounts made in the same pattern.
Then you also see shit like these posts that touch on the admin in a negative light getting insta flagged and nuked off the front page.
Don’t put blinders on. The problem isn’t new accounts (who can’t even flag). This community has always been subtly in favor of exactly this kind of suppression. Consider the fact that posting anything even slightly critical of YC on the YC subreddit gets one instantly shadowbanned. Then consider that this very community is modded by the same ilk of people.
What would you expect? The same kind of censorship, right? This is by design. The design can obviously be changed (e.g. don’t let only echochambery high karma accounts vouch for stuff).
I really wish there was more transparency. We can’t see flagged posts without a direct link.
How about a flagged section?
What about a feature to challenge the flag?
What about a justification for the flag? Do flagged posts need to be approved by a mod?
I love HN. Flagged posts are the worst part. I can’t tell if the community is being taken over by a subset of bad actors, or YC is asserting opaque editorial control. Feels bad.
Bootlickers. The tech industry is crawling with them unfortunately - perfectly happy to bury their heads in the sand and pretend that they'll never be out of favor. The Hacker News team doesn't seem to care, this has been happening all year with important information.
Musk's astroturf bot army. It's the same with any submission that points out how far into a fascist dictatorship the US has already plunged. It's either concerted botting, or comfortable US tech sector workers putting their fingers in their ears and saying "la la la I can't hear you" because as yet, it's not them getting shot in the street.
Because to a certain group of HN regulars everything that gives them a tingle in the conscience is "offtopic" and "politics". Another quieter group believe themselves to be the rational Übermensch and cannot wait for the vagrants and the spooky pinky haired leftists to be put on camps.
Everyone has ethics until they get rich...
Yes! I genuinely don't understand the reason why this got flagged.
I also uploaded this news to hackernews (before discovering that this also existed) and the post I did wasn't flagged (atleast not right now)
I sincerely hope that healthy disucssions can take place in Hackernews and such articles shouldn't be flagged as they are important.
Edit: my post got flagged as well WHILE I WAS WRITING THIS COMMENT THIS IS CRAZY
The site is getting inundated with bots. For the past few months everytime I realize some poster I’m replying to is looping in replies or having gaping holes in logic, I check their account and it’s been made in the past few months and the early interactions it had were with other accounts made in the same pattern.
Then you also see shit like these posts that touch on the admin in a negative light getting insta flagged and nuked off the front page.
Don’t put blinders on. The problem isn’t new accounts (who can’t even flag). This community has always been subtly in favor of exactly this kind of suppression. Consider the fact that posting anything even slightly critical of YC on the YC subreddit gets one instantly shadowbanned. Then consider that this very community is modded by the same ilk of people.
What would you expect? The same kind of censorship, right? This is by design. The design can obviously be changed (e.g. don’t let only echochambery high karma accounts vouch for stuff).
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Someone accused me of being a bot and called me a clanker when we are talking about this.
I am extremely annoyed at hackernews right now
wtf is happening. someone said nice try clanker bcause of my username like (wtf/)
This community is feeling more hostile and less trustworthy I am sorry to say that
I really wish there was more transparency. We can’t see flagged posts without a direct link.
How about a flagged section?
What about a feature to challenge the flag?
What about a justification for the flag? Do flagged posts need to be approved by a mod?
I love HN. Flagged posts are the worst part. I can’t tell if the community is being taken over by a subset of bad actors, or YC is asserting opaque editorial control. Feels bad.
https://news.ycombinator.com/active
Use this link as your HN homepage and enable "showdead" on your profile
Thank you!
> I can’t tell if the community is being taken over by a subset of bad actors, or YC is asserting opaque editorial control.
The purpose of a system is what it does. If the end result is the same, is there a difference?
Bootlickers. The tech industry is crawling with them unfortunately - perfectly happy to bury their heads in the sand and pretend that they'll never be out of favor. The Hacker News team doesn't seem to care, this has been happening all year with important information.
Musk's astroturf bot army. It's the same with any submission that points out how far into a fascist dictatorship the US has already plunged. It's either concerted botting, or comfortable US tech sector workers putting their fingers in their ears and saying "la la la I can't hear you" because as yet, it's not them getting shot in the street.
Because there are a bunch of MAGA / right wingers on HN who don't like posts that cast Trump, Musk et al in bad light regularly flag them
Try posting a negative story on anything related to Musk