40 pointsby lysace18 days ago6 comments
  • sudobash118 days ago
    I think RSS feed reader users are also unaffected by flags. At least hnrss.org feed followers are. I haven't tried news.ycombinator.com/rss. But as long as the post hits the RSS feed before it is flagged, your reader can pick it up.

    Honestly, for me, most of the time I am not interested in the flagged posts, but if you are, RSS is another way to see them.

    • O1111OOO18 days ago
      > I haven't tried news.ycombinator.com/rss. But as long as the post hits the RSS feed before it is flagged, your reader can pick it up.

      I can confirm.

  • jgrahamc18 days ago
    What "user-triggered censorship" are you talking about?
    • lysace18 days ago
      2-3 users with the proper standing pressing that flag link on a story.
      • jgrahamc18 days ago
        So that would be me. I flag stories about US politics, for example.
        • youngtaff18 days ago
          Why?
          • jgrahamc10 days ago
            I can read about US politics pretty much anywhere else.
        • verdverm18 days ago
          this sounds more like GP believes one of the conspiracy theories about how moderation works on HN
          • lysace18 days ago
            What conspiracy theory would that be?
            • verdverm18 days ago
              the one where a handful of people can coordinate to shadowban / flag

              unclear if its the one where the official HN mods (there are only 2) believed to be the ones doing this

              the reality is that the official mods are largely hands off, when they do get involved, more often than not it is to reverse a community flagging action, which is where most moderation happens, at a large enough community scale that a handful of people cannot wield this much flagging power

              If you believe unjust flagging has happened, the best recourse is to email the HN mods, the are very friendly, helpful and fair

              • lysace18 days ago
                [flagged]
                • verdverm18 days ago
                  How do you know it was only a small number of people for the cases you have witnessed?

                  As you stated, they reached the front page, which implies the opposite, that many people saw it and flagged it

        • lysace18 days ago
          [flagged]
      • striking18 days ago
        If the story has enough votes before then, it is only downweighted, and only a bit at a time. Same with the flamewar detector, it just pulls stories down a bit. After the score is more than (I think?) 10 votes, it won't get entirely flagged unless mods decide it should.
    • 18 days ago
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  • duxup18 days ago
    Active is by far the best way to read HN.
    • lysace18 days ago
      Yes. So little marketing crap and you also get to see so many more interesting discussions. It feels like HN ten years ago, but with more people. It's awesome.
      • duxup18 days ago
        Agreed, it was a bit like discovering HN all over again.
  • Insanity18 days ago
    What is /active?
    • lysace18 days ago
      My understanding:

      It shows recent active topics, rather than upvoted/unflagged (not yet censored) topics.

      E.g. unlike /news, upvotes and flags are ignored in the ranking.

  • al_borland18 days ago
    A bookmark would also work.
    • lysace18 days ago
      It didn't work for me. Can't hurt though.
  • lysace18 days ago
    ...And it's flagged, by maybe 2 people, and therefore censored.