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Re:Usually I agree with the moderating, but ... by underover on Thursday May 20, 2010 @04:09PM (#1365178)
"It may also be that I just didn't get it. At a glance, it looked like a semantic game rather than a worthy paradox."

Perhaps more than a glance is appropriate before flagging items?

"I was probably also influenced by the quality of the discussion."

Wouldn't down-voting the particular comment(s) you don't like be more appropriate?

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Re:Usually I agree with the moderating, but ... by nkurz on Thursday May 20, 2010 @04:34PM (#1365289)
Perhaps more than a glance is appropriate before flagging items?

Perhaps, but I don't think so in this case. The main reason I flagged it was not the 'paradox' but because it's not a direction I want to see HN going. If a rabbi and a priest walk into a bar, I'd flag it regardless of whether the punchline is hilarious. I'd agree that the moderator should take more than a glance.

Wouldn't down-voting the particular comment(s) you don't like be more appropriate?

I can't really assess 'appropriate', but it certainly wouldn't have been as effective. Knocking a 'funny' comment down from 16 to 15 points wouldn't have even been noticed, whereas using the flag to call it to the attention of a moderator for review had the effect I hoped for.

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Re:Usually I agree with the moderating, but ... by georgieporgie on Thursday May 20, 2010 @04:15PM (#1365197)
> Perhaps more than a glance is appropriate before flagging items?

I don't know the submission volume of HN, but I'd guess it's sufficient that a glance is all one can afford.

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Re:Usually I agree with the moderating, but ... by RiderOfGiraffes on Thursday May 20, 2010 @04:18PM (#1365210)
It might be argued that a glance is enough to move on and ignore it, but not enough to flag it. Flagging it implies that it's been assessed and found inappropriate, not simply that you didn't find it interesting.
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