Ask HN: Stop the abuse of flagging

3 points by sfk 10y ago ↗ HN

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10532062

This thread was flagged from #3 to #97 in three minutes after a moderately critical Google comment was made.

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You're right that it dropped off abruptly, but it wasn't due to your post, it had already dropped before you posted: http://hnrankings.info/10532062/

sfk 10y ago ↗

I could swear that it was at #3 when I posted, but perhaps you're right. Anyway, there was no flame war or excessive incivility it that thread...