hjoldic
Re:Harvard student group members doxxed after Pro-Palestine letter
on Saturday October 14, 2023 @09:08AM (#37880191)
There was a previous submission about this topic https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37852784
But, it was flagged and as a consequence it couldn't be seen by as many users as it otherwise would have been. That previous post was later unflagged, but the damage was already done.
I am resubmitting to undo that damage.
Re:Ask HN: Guard against users who misuse flag/report on posts
on Saturday October 14, 2023 @06:42AM (#37879478)
I have provided a link that was flagged, but it's not flagged anymore. So, it was both deemed to be a valid submission and for the most part it was invisible to users - ergo, the damage was done.
What you are describing obviously doesn't work.
Re:Ask HN: Guard against users who misuse flag/report on posts
on Saturday October 14, 2023 @06:18AM (#37879382)
> It's OK to flag anything - that's free will at play.
If it was organic and from regular users, I would agree with you. However, I don't think it is, considering how targeted the flagging is.
If you don't agree with me, then at least consider the possibility. Wouldn't you want to make it harder for people to do that?
Re:Ask HN: Guard against users who misuse flag/report on posts
on Saturday October 14, 2023 @06:03AM (#37879323)
> and then was hit with meconium accounts doing wall of text dumps about nazis and kill, kill, kill, etc - leading to the flagging.
So, it was okay to flag it because some users were writing unreasonably vile comments? If this tactic works, then it would be a good way to get something flagged.
Re:Ask HN: Guard against users who misuse flag/report on posts
on Saturday October 14, 2023 @05:49AM (#37879269)
Do you think doxxing, privacy, and free speech is not of interest to HN readers?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37852784
I see that the post is not flagged anymore, but it was for a couple of days after it was submitted and the damage is already done as far as visibility goes.
Ask HN: Guard against users who misuse flag/report on posts
In the last few days I have seen a number of posts become flagged for no clear reason. I don't want to get into the detail of what the topic of those posts was to avoid derailing the conversation, but in my opinion they were absolutely in line with what people here would be interested in.So, this would be my suggestion:1. Instead of submitting a post, a user can request to get it preemptively...
Re:A 'Doxxing Truck' Displaying Students' Faces Comes to Harvard's Campus
on Thursday October 12, 2023 @05:05AM (#37854945)
This post is currently flagged.
The post is referencing only doxxing as consequence of criticizing Israel, it's not even criticizing the state of Israel itself.
Is there any public forum or institution in the US where criticizing Israel won't cause a shitstorm? Is there any other topic that has a similar effect?
Re:It’s Official: Cars Are the Worst Category We Have Ever Reviewed fo...
on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @02:31AM (#37401910)
So, how would one go about checking whether a car can collect information about you or not? I'm not talking about the company policy, but of the actual parts inside the car.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2023)
on Friday September 01, 2023 @03:38PM (#37355292)
Location: Poland
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