13 pointsby lysace3 hours ago5 comments
  • sudobash134 minutes 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.

    • O1111OOO16 minutes 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.

  • jgrahamc3 hours ago
    What "user-triggered censorship" are you talking about?
    • lysace2 hours ago
      2-3 users with the proper standing pressing that flag link on a story.
      • jgrahamcan hour ago
        So that would be me. I flag stories about US politics, for example.
        • verdverman hour ago
          this sounds more like GP believes one of the conspiracy theories about how moderation works on HN
          • lysacean hour ago
            What conspiracy theory would that be?
            • verdverm39 minutes 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

              • lysace35 minutes ago
                > the one where a handful of people can coordinate to shadowban / flag

                I have done it myself, successfully. (well, minus the coordination. the point is that it only takes a very small number of people to flag something for it be nuked from the front page)

                Where did I claim that it was mods/some shadow cabal? Please read more carefully.

      • strikingan hour 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.
    • 2 hours ago
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  • Insanityan hour ago
    What is /active?
    • lysacean hour 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_borland2 hours ago
    A bookmark would also work.
    • lysace2 hours ago
      It didn't work for me. Can't hurt though.
  • lysace41 minutes ago
    ...And it's flagged, by maybe 2 people, and therefore censored.