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Re:Hacker News – The Good Parts by bigstrat2003 on Friday October 17, 2025 @02:18AM (#45613794)
I flag all articles on politics, but not because of the rules... It's because they consistently turn into flame wars. Every single article on US politics, without fail, will have people flagrantly violating the site rules by just being hateful to whichever party they dislike. I used to get in there and flag comments to try to help combat the problem, but it got to be too much. Now I just flag the entire article because the discussions are always such low quality.
Re:Hacker News – The Good Parts by throw10920 on Friday October 17, 2025 @09:22AM (#45616493)
Please, try to start flagging comments again! I've found that a lot of flamewar-creating comments are just one flag away from being killed. A few minutes does a lot to help the culture, and you can almost always find a few high-quality, thoughtful comments in the flamewar as you scroll through.