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Re:The Paradise Papers: How Ridiculously Easy It Is for the ... by pwg on Friday November 17, 2017 @11:43AM (#15723533)
No, but after you accumulate a "small karma threshold" (that is a direct quote from https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html) you gain a "flag" link on stories. Then you can flag the ones you don't want to see (and then hide them to make them disappear for you if you like).
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Re:The Paradise Papers: How Ridiculously Easy It Is for the ... by krapp on Friday November 17, 2017 @11:47AM (#15723566)
Flagging stories simply because you don't want to see them is an abuse of the flagging system and will get your privileges revoked - putting a stop to that is why hiding stories exists an alternative.

Stories which are obviously off topic or spam should be flagged, but stories you simply don't care for should just be hidden. If you flag stories because you don't like them, you're making it more difficult for everyone else to participate in that thread.

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