New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Unfairly Flagged Submissions?
Ask HN: Unfairly Flagged Submissions?
13 by yesenadam | 9 comments on Hacker News.
There was an interesting story from the Guardian submitted today (not by me), "The deadly truth about a world built for men – from stab vests to car crashes".. Which was fascinating, well-written, well-researched, about how a lot of things in the world are designed to fit men's bodies, and can cause problems (or death) when women try to use them. It first attracted 1 horrible comment, then after 3 more comments it was [dead][flagged]. I didn't see anything in the article that would at all warrant flagging, so I tried submitting it myself, but just ended up on the comment page of the previous attempt. The topic seems one very relevant to people in computer-related fields of all kinds, and one I don't remember reading about before, so I don't think it's been done to death on here. So I was wondering... 1. Does this often happen on here, stories on particular topics flagged to seemingly censor them, prevent them being discussed (which is a matter of opinion, I guess, which ones fit that description and which don't). Are there notable examples of this from the past? And 2. What should I do here? I don't know if it was a couple of people effectively vetoing the article, or some kind of consensus. I was very surprised to see this story flagged, and would have liked to see it discussed.
13 by yesenadam | 9 comments on Hacker News.
There was an interesting story from the Guardian submitted today (not by me), "The deadly truth about a world built for men – from stab vests to car crashes".. Which was fascinating, well-written, well-researched, about how a lot of things in the world are designed to fit men's bodies, and can cause problems (or death) when women try to use them. It first attracted 1 horrible comment, then after 3 more comments it was [dead][flagged]. I didn't see anything in the article that would at all warrant flagging, so I tried submitting it myself, but just ended up on the comment page of the previous attempt. The topic seems one very relevant to people in computer-related fields of all kinds, and one I don't remember reading about before, so I don't think it's been done to death on here. So I was wondering... 1. Does this often happen on here, stories on particular topics flagged to seemingly censor them, prevent them being discussed (which is a matter of opinion, I guess, which ones fit that description and which don't). Are there notable examples of this from the past? And 2. What should I do here? I don't know if it was a couple of people effectively vetoing the article, or some kind of consensus. I was very surprised to see this story flagged, and would have liked to see it discussed.
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