HACKER Q&A
📣 unknownaccount

Where can I go to see flagged posts?


Is there any site or script that enables one to see [flagged] submissions? The fact users here can use botnets to false flag/remove any submission or post they dislike makes Hacker News positively useless for whistleblowing. I learned from experience anything even tangentially controversial or threatening to a megacorp's buisness is almost guaranteed to be false-flagged and taken down.


  👤 version_five Accepted Answer ✓
I have two comments: I think there is a vanishingly small probability that anyone is using a "botnet" to flag things they don't like. If your read the guidelines and spend some time on the site, it's usually pretty obvious what will be flagged (you can look at my submission history, I've had things flagged/killed and none are a surprise).

Second comment: based on the poster's recent submission history, the flagged / dead posts would have ended up that way under any circumstances, would probably have the account banned for pursuing some weird agenda on a tech discussion site if it was brought to moderator attention, and in no way have anything to do with "botnets"

Happy to discuss (in good faith)


👤 corobo
Turn showdead on in your preferences and visit your submissions page, they're all there

> This has been censored by the moderators a few times

I'm not sure this is accurate, I'm pretty sure moderated comments just show as [dead], whereas things flagged by the community show [flagged] in addition to [dead].

As for why you're being flagged, from an outsider perspective your recent posts are accusations of an unknown person with no further discussion being possible due to a lack of info.

I'm not sure there's a conspiracy theory following you around, your posts need more of a to and fro than just a to. Try optimising for discussion rather than soapbox

E: Happened to see your latest flag in real-time.. try being less pissed off about stuff too when you post.

It's a site for discussing interesting things, not really for rants about whatever just got you wound up. I understand you're charged and ready to go but from an outside angle that's kinda boring if I don't already agree with you, and if I do agree with you then again there's no discussion to be had

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Not really too relevant other than I think you might like the read, there's an article here that looks into Hacker News moderation which includes some clarification from HN mods on how stuff works https://drewdevault.com/2017/09/13/Analyzing-HN.html


👤 jjgreen
Set "showdead" true in your account settings (I do).

👤 krapp
Go into your user profile and set the "showdead" option to yes. Enjoy your swim in the cesspool.

👤 bediger4000
This seems like a good time to ask, who the heck is Evon Latrail, and why can't they take a hint?

Also, why do people try to sneak Epoch Times articles in via archive sites? They're garbage.


👤 unknownaccount
If this doesnt already exist I plan on making it. Seems easy enough to make a script that polls the new page every 1 minute, logs the posts, then re-checks them later. Would there be any interest in a public site which hosts the results? Im sure I cant be the only one interested in knowing what content is being supressed here.