Comment by Imustaskforhelp
11 hours ago
Downvoting is an issue sometimes yes but I understand that.
Flagging on the other hand to me on a post as such and other attempts genuinely sadden me because I was only able to discover this flagged post because people wrote about this article in the post I built which has also promptly got flagged.
I don't even know how else to say but I saw two people here in such discussions either worry about their wives or sons in laws and my heart goes out to them. Hackernews is a vast place but its still niche compared to tech giants, we are a community mostly built around each other and curiosity. Curiosity goes to dumpster fire if events like these happen and B) they are flagged by the same community we all think to be a part of.
I have been a vocal supporter of hackernews usually. Because I like the website but I am genuinely seeing it crack and you really never know what can get flagged because I genuinely didn't expect such posts to be flagged because of how valuable they are. I can't fathom why Hackernews might do this, When I had posted the comment it wasn't intended to be political but rather just a massive news development which impacts technological and actual people and geopolitics and I wanted people to discuss it in here on Hackernews for as so, give insights and have discussions.
Perhaps I am feeling hurt and that's because I am because "et tu brute hackernews?"
I then discovered that news.ycombinator.com/active (from one of the comments here, thank you c42) which can still show flagged posts.
I didn't know about the /active and I have been in this community for quite a long time and I didn't know that /active could show flagged posts so I am probably gonna create a tell HN about it
Sharing my sympathies to anyone who is troubled & personally impacted over this recent development. I hope humanity unites together and works for a more affordable & better future for the average person. Peace and hugs.
Edit: looks like someone already posted about news.ycombinator.com/active 5 days ago and so my attempt of post redirected to them but its all good
Found https://brutalist.report/source/hn this from the comment of razingeden which shows both normal and also flagged posts https://news.ycombinator.com/reply?id=46559792&goto=item%3Fi...
>Flagging on the other hand to me on a post as such and other attempts genuinely sadden me because I was only able to discover this flagged post because people wrote about this article in the post I built which has also promptly got flagged.
I find that annoying myself. However, at the suggestion of another user, I began looking at https://news.ycombinator.com/active instead of the front page.
The "active" page (as its name implies) includes the most active discussions regardless of whether or not they've been flagged.
I find it to be a much better place to find stuff to discuss.
On top of these methods, I will often surface content and discussion by looking at:
- the search page for the last 24H, with a list of both "title" keywords and "comment" keywords, based on how many results are appearing
- the comment histories of folks I have enjoyed.
I do this by modifying the query string in the URL field.
I am quite glad that these modes of finding content on the site take a little effort- I already have a 180min time out and it's not the healthiest way to try and find my news. This is, fortunately, the only social media site I am actively writing responses on, other than some message boards.
And I don't try to book mark my way through those keywords- I just have a set of stuff I find in comment threads I find interesting memorized and look for those threads ("measles", "salvador", "venazuela", "flock").
But I find it a lot easier to find general news and conversations I am curious about using that method.