New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Should HN flaggers be public to users with X karma?
Ask HN: Should HN flaggers be public to users with X karma?
2 by throwawayfear | 5 comments on Hacker News.
I saw a benign-but-valuable submission flagged. The submission was getting upvotes and there was discussion. It would be useful if respectable long-term users with high karma could see who flagged posts that get flagged, particularly when the submission is amassing upvotes and discussion. Otherwise, this place is no longer any better than reddit where astroturfing, gaslighting, and brigading are now the norm. These high-karma users would then be able to vet flags and remove flags that may be coordinated. We need to face the reality that there can be coordinated flagging that is designed to wedge an ideological bent into the flow of the conversation.
2 by throwawayfear | 5 comments on Hacker News.
I saw a benign-but-valuable submission flagged. The submission was getting upvotes and there was discussion. It would be useful if respectable long-term users with high karma could see who flagged posts that get flagged, particularly when the submission is amassing upvotes and discussion. Otherwise, this place is no longer any better than reddit where astroturfing, gaslighting, and brigading are now the norm. These high-karma users would then be able to vet flags and remove flags that may be coordinated. We need to face the reality that there can be coordinated flagging that is designed to wedge an ideological bent into the flow of the conversation.
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