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0 pointsr7213y ago0 comments

It's user flags (they affect ranking) - apparently there is a clique of users which flagged each Musk/Twitter story.

See also this discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33366830

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Oh wow, I had no idea flags worked as super-downvotes. I knew mods could downrank stories; didn't realize users could too. Thanks.

And thanks for that (indeed, flagged) link too -- glad I'm not the only one who noticed the glaring absence of this story.

iaml3y ago

I also didn’t know about this. There’s a problem with features like these - casual user doesn’t even realize it exists, but motivated actors can easily exploit it to correct the conversation.

Jtsummers3y ago

`flag` is visible on the submission list pages underneath the submission title. It's not hidden in any way. Next to it is also `hide` which is what most people should use for content they're not interested in but that may be appropriate for the site overall. `hide` is also not hidden.

iaml3y ago

Existence of this function is not surprising to me, I knew it existed. I assumed it was a “mark for manual review by moderator”, not “super downvote”.

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crazygringo3y ago

Oh wow, I had no idea flags worked as super-downvotes. I knew mods could downrank stories; didn't realize users could too. Thanks.

And thanks for that (indeed, flagged) link too -- glad I'm not the only one who noticed the glaring absence of this story.

iaml3y ago

I also didn’t know about this. There’s a problem with features like these - casual user doesn’t even realize it exists, but motivated actors can easily exploit it to correct the conversation.

Jtsummers3y ago

iaml3y ago

Existence of this function is not surprising to me, I knew it existed. I assumed it was a “mark for manual review by moderator”, not “super downvote”.

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