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0 pointsthrow109209mo ago0 comments

Can you point to a set of recent comments that are critical of big tech while also not breaking the guidelines and make good points, and are flagged anyway?

All of the anti-big-tech comments I've ever seen that are flagged are flagged because they blatantly break the guidelines and/or are contentless and don't contribute in any meaningful sense aside from trying to incite outrage.

And those should be flagged.

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reaperducer9mo ago

Can you point to a set of recent comments that are critical of big tech while also not breaking the guidelines and make good points, and are flagged anyway?

They show up in the HN Active section quite regularly.

And virtually anything even remotely related to Twitter or most Elon Musk-related companies almost instantly get the hook.

NaOH9mo ago

The request was for examples of comments, not article submissions.

rustystump9mo ago

Flagging seems so odd to me. Your interpretation of rules is not the same as others. Downvote it sure, but i dont like the idea of disappearing no matter how lame it is.

I explicitly enable flagged and dead because sometimes there are nuggets in there which provide interesting context to what people think.

I will never flag anything. I dont get it.

pbhjpbhj9mo ago

I show flagged and show dead too.

Disappearing OT/ads/extreme ad hominems is a positive thing imo.

I vouch for things that I disagree with if they make good points. I have flagged things.

IMO the worst thing pg ever did for this site is to say that downvoting could be used for disagreement. I still bemoan the removal of downvote scores, and still wish for Slashdot-style voting, meta-moderation, and personalition of content scores.

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