Doesn't matter if some political sides generate a lot more flaggable posts - still have to flag equal numbers.
> Yes, we turned off the flags from your account at some point. Most probably this is because they seemed politically motivated. Of course we can't know this for sure, but when accounts seem largely to be flagging for political reasons, we tend to make the flags not count. We do this, btw, regardless of the political position they seem to be coming from.
A List of Hacker News's Undocumented Features and Behaviors - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42835806 - Jan 2025 (10 comments)
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Hidden Functions of Hacker News - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38572756 - Dec 2023 (1 comment)
A List of Hacker News's Undocumented Features and Behaviors - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33076053 - Oct 2022 (70 comments)
* A List of Hacker News's Undocumented Features and Behaviors* - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30459276 - Feb 2022 (67 comments)
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A List of Hacker News's Undocumented Features and Behaviors - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20292361 - June 2019 (25 comments)
A List of Hacker News's Undocumented Features and Behaviors - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19212822 - Feb 2019 (188 comments)
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This doesn't apply to certain special posts, such as "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired?"
Comments are always editable there.
smj-edison•4mo ago