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0 pointsanonytrary6y ago0 comments

Because they lead to controversial comments which get flagged at a higher rate and either one or both of the following are true:

  1. The algorithm is designed to automatically bump
     threads down when the number of flagged comments
     exceeds a certain amount or rate.
  2. The moderators want to simplify their moderation
     duties and manually bump the post down to lower
     the comment flux.

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dang6y ago

We don't do #2. We do downweight flamewar threads, i.e. threads in which people aren't following the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.

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0 pointsanonytrary6y ago0 comments

Because they lead to controversial comments which get flagged at a higher rate and either one or both of the following are true:

  1. The algorithm is designed to automatically bump
     threads down when the number of flagged comments
     exceeds a certain amount or rate.
  2. The moderators want to simplify their moderation
     duties and manually bump the post down to lower
     the comment flux.

0 comments

dang6y ago

We don't do #2. We do downweight flamewar threads, i.e. threads in which people aren't following the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse