top | item 14974423 (no title) qb45 | 8 years ago > flaggedHow is this not an abuse?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14873001 discuss order hn newest tptacek|8 years ago Because "this thread is a shitshow" is actually a legitimate use of the flag button, and "this post says something I disagree with" isn't?The HN software has code that literally looks for threads like this and penalizes them. qb45|8 years ago They all are equal shitshows. This one even seems to have lower proportion of grey comments than the one I linked.
tptacek|8 years ago Because "this thread is a shitshow" is actually a legitimate use of the flag button, and "this post says something I disagree with" isn't?The HN software has code that literally looks for threads like this and penalizes them. qb45|8 years ago They all are equal shitshows. This one even seems to have lower proportion of grey comments than the one I linked.
qb45|8 years ago They all are equal shitshows. This one even seems to have lower proportion of grey comments than the one I linked.
tptacek|8 years ago
The HN software has code that literally looks for threads like this and penalizes them.
qb45|8 years ago