The fact this event is trending in four different posts all are currently in the front page of HN says a lot! Hope moderators combines them all under one unified thread. See also:
Because it's not on the front page, despite the large number of up-votes and comments.
A tactic I've seen to "disappear" articles is to flag and then immediatly unflag them.
libertine•2h ago
How isn't this addressed? Hopefully this major event gets that fixed.
matsemann•2h ago
Flagging is used by large groups to keep "politics" off the front page. You'll find lots of interesting discussions on https://news.ycombinator.com/active that people would like to discuss but has been de-weighted or flag-removed
libertine•2h ago
Oh wow, thanks for sharing! I've been targeted with downvotes when ever the subject is Russian crimes against humanity, but I didn't know it had that range. Now a lot of things make sense!
throwanem•2h ago
Oh, this is excellent! I had no idea the feature existed, and it should make a splendid basis for tooling to help identify those who always seem to find themselves at the center of discussions adding much heat and no light.
Oh, for God's sake. Unflagging was added because sometimes people hit "flag" by mistake, and I know that because I was one of the ones who asked for it. (Well, the "flagged" list on your profile page was so added. Unflagging I assume has existed about since flagging, but if you accidentally flagged from the homepage, that could not be undone until lately as I describe, because it would also hide the flagged story. Excuse me, I am as yet pre-coffee.)
I'm similarly familiar enough with the lead HN dev, with whom I have passed a friendly discussion or two of how some site features are implemented, to be quite sure unflagging reverses whatever specific moderation weighting flagging applies.
Do you have any specific knowledge to substantiate the claim you have made here?
addandsubtract•2h ago
>if you accidentally flagged from the homepage, that could not be undone until lately as I describe, because it would also hide the flagged story
Maybe we should remove the "flag" link from the homepage then, and only make it available on the submission itself. Or at least add a second confirmation click to the process.
ziddoap•1h ago
They already fixed the problem though, why come up with a different solution? Just press "unflag".
DamonHD•2h ago
This item was flagged and I vouched for it when it was half-way down the new page, and it seems to have done OK. The monstorous secret cabal has failed again.
kevin_thibedeau•47m ago
The cabal is eventually going to deploy AI bots that get themselves enough karma to flag everything. Then HN goes the way of /. as the corporate overlords decide what can be seen in public.
ksec•2h ago
I dont think there were any on the front page when I submitted it. ( May be they weren't upvoted ) Because I thought such big news someone should have done it before me.
Calwestjobs•40m ago
there are many pro russian trolls in other posts so maybe keep only this one lol.
redbell•2h ago
There are reports of widespread power cuts in Spain and Portugal (bbc.co.uk): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43820163
Spain, Portugal and parts of France hit by power outage (euronews.com): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43820177
Nationwide Power Outages Also Disrupt Internet Traffic in Portugal and Spain (twitter.com/cloudflareradar): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43819914
perihelions•2h ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43819791 (123 comments)
(I've emailed the mods to ask them to merge)
dist-epoch•2h ago
A tactic I've seen to "disappear" articles is to flag and then immediatly unflag them.
libertine•2h ago
matsemann•2h ago
libertine•2h ago
throwanem•2h ago
(For later reference, that link was: https://news.ycombinator.com/active)
throwanem•2h ago
I'm similarly familiar enough with the lead HN dev, with whom I have passed a friendly discussion or two of how some site features are implemented, to be quite sure unflagging reverses whatever specific moderation weighting flagging applies.
Do you have any specific knowledge to substantiate the claim you have made here?
addandsubtract•2h ago
Maybe we should remove the "flag" link from the homepage then, and only make it available on the submission itself. Or at least add a second confirmation click to the process.
ziddoap•1h ago
DamonHD•2h ago
kevin_thibedeau•47m ago
ksec•2h ago
Calwestjobs•40m ago