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Ask HN: My post is flagged incorrectly. No review?

2 points by dirtyhippiefree ↗ HN
I have a post that got flagged, but it conforms to the rules.

1. CNN is considered a solid source as far as I know.

2. It’s scientifically accurate. A woman actually has two uteruses (uteri?) and gave birth to fraternal twins. The fact that two babies were in her body makes them fraternal twins.

———> I’ve checked the FAQ and it offers no way to contact a moderator for a review of the situation. That’s also why I am doing this publicly…no private messaging system appears to exist.

If there’s a valid reason for it to be flagged, I honestly would like to know so I don’t make the same mistake repeatedly.

Thank you for your time.

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Tomte
Happens all the time. Don't think about it much.

You can write the mods at hn@ycombinator.com, if you wish.

dtagames
Posts are flagged by users. So your post was down voted by the community itself.

CNN is not a good source for HN posts as the site discourages repeating things that are from "regular news" sources.

dirtyhippiefree
It’s not downvoted with over fifty upvotes.

It’s flagged.

Big difference.

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dirtyhippiefree
The post was voted on (flagged) by •one• member, to be precise.
solardev
Anyone can flag your post, but others can vouch for it. Maybe someone just thought it was off-topic?

Unfortunately, despite the guidelines, the site has a strong tech focus and not so much on interesting biology or other fields.

jiripospisil
Why would you think a topic like that is suitable for a tech forum?
[dead] the_only_law
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jiripospisil
Considering your profile and comment history, the term is not unfamiliar, is it?
dirtyhippiefree
I mistook it to be a science forum.

I ignored the social posts, as did you.

Edit: If there are biotech startups in YCombinator, might they not want the information?

mrkeen
I didn't see the comment section for the post, but maybe it filled up with vitriol and commenters flagged the whole post instead of individual comments. Just a guess.
dirtyhippiefree
It’s a science post…vitriol?

Definitely recommend RTFA.

Interesting perspective…

dirtyhippiefree
——> I’ve discovered the tech focused haven’t actually read the guidelines for HN…

There are many non-tech submissions on Hacker News. From the guidelines: > On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.