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I saw one post of his in this thread. It was [dead] and I assumed it was because it was completely off-topic and self-serving. There was no tie-in to this article except the idea of a 'snake on an island'. I didn't flag it but I can see how some people might do so. Is that why? No clue! Just offering what I saw.

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I think his post in this thread is fairly informative. I didn't realise snakes could cause that much damage to a holiday paradise by eating the birds that eat the spiders.

It's off topic though, isn't it? It's not in any way about the article. It's tangential, I suppose. That's why I think several people hit the 'flag' link. Just for clarity - I didn't flag it. It was already [dead] when I saw it. I'm just guessing.

It's not in any way about the article.

Are the effects of snakes in Guam not close enough for you? :)

Anyway being tangential or meta doesn't seem to be an unpopular thing in HN. Also, you can't flag comments. (Edit: Yes you can.)

lol - I love that someone downvoted me for suggesting someone else's post was off-topic/tangential. Oh, HN...

I didn't flag the guy - I'm just positing why someone else did. And you're right - you can't "flag" comments. The correct word is "downvote" - sorry.

You actually can flag comments -- you just need to click on the "link" to the comment and the "flag" shows up (if you have some appropriate karma level).

You've opened a new HN dimension to me. Not that I'll use this often, but it's good to know it's there.

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