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Re:Ask HN: How Is HN Moderated? by zunzun on Monday April 08, 2019 @09:32AM (#19604985)
I have seen articles with "flagged" but do not understand what this actually means in practice, as those articles are not removed from view. Does it mean that comments are closed?
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Re:Ask HN: How Is HN Moderated? by greenyoda on Monday April 08, 2019 @12:24PM (#19606627)
Sometimes an article gets killed by flagging, but later gets revived by somebody "vouching" for it. In this situation, the article keeps the [flagged] designation, but is alive again (and comments are reopened).

If an article is dead due to flagging, you won't see it anymore (unless you have "showdead" set in your profile).

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