HACKER Q&A
📣 dirtyhippiefree

My post is flagged incorrectly. No review?


I have a post that got flagged, but it conforms to the rules.

1. CNN is considered a solid source as far as I know.

2. It’s scientifically accurate. A woman actually has two uteruses (uteri?) and gave birth to fraternal twins. The fact that two babies were in her body makes them fraternal twins.

———> I’ve checked the FAQ and it offers no way to contact a moderator for a review of the situation. That’s also why I am doing this publicly…no private messaging system appears to exist.

If there’s a valid reason for it to be flagged, I honestly would like to know so I don’t make the same mistake repeatedly.

Thank you for your time.

  👤 Tomte Accepted Answer ✓
Happens all the time. Don't think about it much.

You can write the mods at hn@ycombinator.com, if you wish.

👤 dtagames
Posts are flagged by users. So your post was down voted by the community itself.

CNN is not a good source for HN posts as the site discourages repeating things that are from "regular news" sources.

👤 dirtyhippiefree
——> I’ve discovered the tech focused haven’t actually read the guidelines for HN…

There are many non-tech submissions on Hacker News. From the guidelines: > On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.

👤 solardev
Anyone can flag your post, but others can vouch for it. Maybe someone just thought it was off-topic?

Unfortunately, despite the guidelines, the site has a strong tech focus and not so much on interesting biology or other fields.

👤 mrkeen
I didn't see the comment section for the post, but maybe it filled up with vitriol and commenters flagged the whole post instead of individual comments. Just a guess.
👤 frankjr
Why would you think a topic like that is suitable for a tech forum?