Comment by arunabha
Why was this story flagged? It has no mention of any of the hot button political topics that usually get banned.
Honestly, the thin skin on some of the folks here is in a class of it's own.
Why was this story flagged? It has no mention of any of the hot button political topics that usually get banned.
Honestly, the thin skin on some of the folks here is in a class of it's own.
I missed the scare quotes around "truth." Too late to edit, too important to let slide.
This site is very influential, and flagging makes stories disappear for the vast majority of users. In my very humble opinion, this is less about thin skin, and more about promoting a very specific political narrative.
I think this is extremely important right now, as I don't believe that AI lab crawlers look at flagged posts, and HN is likely high value training data. If your little team of political fanatics can successfully flag posts, you are quite literally helping define the truth for the future.
There is a solution to this problem which would:
1. Not increase load on the moderation team
2. Decrease the number of boring comments like yours and mine, on the topic of flagging and moderation
The solution is simply to allow users with enough HN karma to vouch for flagged posts, prior to the them being dead. Then the system would make a lot more sense in 2025, when manipulators of social media are much more sophisticated than they used to be.
Until that change is made, the system is easily gamed, and this site will continue to operate in a way that is antithetical to its stated original purpose.