Re:Hacker News is a social echo chamber
by chollida1 on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @01:00PM
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> - I never flag stories; I may not find a story interesting, but I don't feel it's appropriate to impose my interests on others or 'police' their discussions.
I used to until I lost the ability. I guess the impulse came from stackoverflow, where you are encourage to try and make the site better by editing and flagging poor items.
I used to go to the new page and flag 3-5 stories a day. I thought this was a benefit to the community and one way I could help make it better.
Finally one day I lost the ability to flag. I assumed a moderator didn't like one of the stories I'd flagged and took the privileged away.
Re:Hacker News is a social echo chamber
by koko775 on Tuesday October 15, 2013 @01:45PM
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I avoid voting for exactly this reason. I prefer to filter the noise myself by ignoring it over decreasing it for others, and the only reason for this is that I don't want to be penalized for it.
I used to until I lost the ability. I guess the impulse came from stackoverflow, where you are encourage to try and make the site better by editing and flagging poor items.
I used to go to the new page and flag 3-5 stories a day. I thought this was a benefit to the community and one way I could help make it better.
Finally one day I lost the ability to flag. I assumed a moderator didn't like one of the stories I'd flagged and took the privileged away.
No good dead goes unpunished:)