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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone understand how Hacker News works? by huhtenberg on Thursday December 18, 2025 @09:41AM (#46313190)
Not the GP, but, yeah, because it is still a form of spam.
Re:Ask HN: Does anyone understand how Hacker News works? by tptacek on Thursday December 18, 2025 @12:47PM (#46316025)
If it's only a link to a newsletter, sure. And "signing" a comment breaks a norm here. But if it's otherwise a good comment, seems like a poor use of "flag"; one of the rare instances where maybe you want to leave a short, polite note ("don't sign off with links to your newsletter, we don't sign things here").

Flagging deprives everyone else of the comment, and is especially hostile if there's already a thread sprouting from that comment.