Before the Iron Age, Most Iron Came from Space

Re:Before the Iron Age, Most Iron Came from Space by sillysaurus3 on Monday December 25, 2017 @09:45PM (#16006759)

Nope. More and more good articles are being flagged unfairly: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15991851

We don't have a vouch button to counter bad flags.

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Re:Before the Iron Age, Most Iron Came from Space by grzm on Monday December 25, 2017 @09:51PM (#16006779)

I don't know if pointing to one of the many bitcoin/blockchain/ico submissions is a great example of an article being flagged unfairly. I can easily imagine there are people on the site who feel there are already plenty of such submissions every day with the same discussions rehashed over and over. I don't know why this particular submission was flagged but to come up with a plausible explanation for the one you linked to doesn't take much imagination.

If you do think something has been flagged unfairly, contact the mods. Depending on what they see, they may take action.

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Re:Before the Iron Age, Most Iron Came from Space by PhasmaFelis on Monday December 25, 2017 @10:25PM (#16006892)

I'm utterly bored of Bitcoin too, but if people are flagging HN-relevant articles just because they're not personally interested in the subject, that's a big problem.

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Re:Before the Iron Age, Most Iron Came from Space by sillysaurus3 on Monday December 25, 2017 @10:03PM (#16006822)

Did you read it? It's thorough and substantive. Yes, it involves Bitcoin, but why equate topic fatigue with flagworthiness?

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Re:Before the Iron Age, Most Iron Came from Space by grzm on Monday December 25, 2017 @10:06PM (#16006827)

I'm not saying it's justified, I'm just saying I can imagine members doing it. Once saturation is reached, it's understandable that people aren't going to take the time to vet each submission as closely, even if we wish they would. And again, if the same discussion is played out over and over, even if it's a well-written and substantive piece, it's not necessarily a good submission for HN. And with respect to stimulating intellectual curiosity, yes, fatigue can be a reasonable proxy for flag-worthiness.

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Re:Before the Iron Age, Most Iron Came from Space by sillysaurus3 on Monday December 25, 2017 @10:51PM (#16006975)

It's not the same discussion. The article is about a potential 51% attack against BCH, which as far as I know no one else is talking about.

It's kind of strange to say it's understandable and therefore ok. Trolling is understandable too, but it's still against the rules.

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Re:Before the Iron Age, Most Iron Came from Space by squeaky-clean on Monday December 25, 2017 @09:50PM (#16006777)

A vouch button appeared for me for this article (I did vouch for it, no idea why it would be flagged). It doesn't always show though for reasons I don't know.

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Re:Before the Iron Age, Most Iron Came from Space by grzm on Monday December 25, 2017 @09:51PM (#16006784)

As I understand it, vouch appears if it's [dead]. Under this assumption, this one was [flagged][dead], and your vouch removed the [dead] tag.

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