Why is this entry already on page 2 of HN?
Seems a bit fast given the popularity and the fact that it was posted 2 hours ago (also, compared to those that are present on p1)
-- edit: we're now on page 3 just 30 minutes after my comment.
Seems a bit fast given the popularity and the fact that it was posted 2 hours ago (also, compared to those that are present on p1)
-- edit: we're now on page 3 just 30 minutes after my comment.
This story tripped the overheated discussion detector, which we've just turned off. There actually aren't many flags, and one of the main reasons why it isn't ranked higher is that most of the upvotes were dropped by the anti-abuse software.
When users start speculative meta subthreads like this, it foments a kind of disconnected conspiracy thinking that we can't seem to help ourselves from. You can email us and get the answer to exactly what's going on in a few minutes! But that's not what most choose—we'd rather wring our hands and imagine demons. If we could do this a bit less, Hacker News would be more intellectually interesting.
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Before we attempt to solve climate crisis, first we should solve BIGOTRY CRISIS.
I have seen this happening before too. Why does HN allows anonymous flagging? I bet anything if it were unanimous we would able to frame bigots who only flag because of their stupid personal world view.
Has there been any efforts to make flagging more transparent-perhaps where I can contribute or should we raise a new issue on that?
Maybe they disagree with the article, but the tone of the comments does not frankly reflects this rejection.
or something worse is going on
It makes me sad.
My first chunk of free time goes into making an automated bigotry-watcher for HN.
This is the purest bullshit I have seen in a while. Had I checked HN half an hour late, I would have never caught this.
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