People working for famous adtech companies don't like it when people like op burst their bubble. I myself don't like it one bit - keep on changing the world you beautiful geniuses!
Exactly! Most of HN users work for "big tech" and are complete sell outs to their corporate overlords. Majority of them are to blame for the current bloated state of the web along with excessive mass surveillance and anti-privacy state we are in
HN is extremely tone-policed. Lines like "holy shit look in a mirror" are likely to attract downvotes because of their form, with no other factors being considered.
It's full of people described in this blog post [1]. As it concludes, GTFO! Flagging is the IRL equivalent of crying to your superior instead of actually having an argument which is pathetic
I asked dang if I was shadowbanned from flagging. He said yes, if I flag something then it doesn't count because I flagged the wrong things in the past.
The conclusion is that flagging isn't really up to user choice, but is up to dang who decides which things should be flagged and which shouldn't. It's a bit like how on Reddit, the only comments you can see are the ones that agree with the moderators of that subreddit.
You should not be downvoted. Either HN has had an influx of ignorant normies or it's google bots attacking any negative comments
People working for famous adtech companies don't like it when people like op burst their bubble. I myself don't like it one bit - keep on changing the world you beautiful geniuses!
Exactly! Most of HN users work for "big tech" and are complete sell outs to their corporate overlords. Majority of them are to blame for the current bloated state of the web along with excessive mass surveillance and anti-privacy state we are in
HN is extremely tone-policed. Lines like "holy shit look in a mirror" are likely to attract downvotes because of their form, with no other factors being considered.
It's full of people described in this blog post [1]. As it concludes, GTFO! Flagging is the IRL equivalent of crying to your superior instead of actually having an argument which is pathetic
[1] - https://geohot.github.io/blog/jekyll/update/2025/10/15/pathe...
HN flagging is just shadow moderation.
I asked dang if I was shadowbanned from flagging. He said yes, if I flag something then it doesn't count because I flagged the wrong things in the past.
The conclusion is that flagging isn't really up to user choice, but is up to dang who decides which things should be flagged and which shouldn't. It's a bit like how on Reddit, the only comments you can see are the ones that agree with the moderators of that subreddit.