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Re: Ask HN: “Tank man” image search blocked on Bing and DuckDuckGo

#91
post #60

I have no idea how to get Dang's attention, but can we talk about why this thread is flagged? How is this not blatant censorship? Tons of people are NOT seeing this thread, it was on the front page before it got flagged, obviously the intention of whoever flagged it.

I've sent an email (as suggested in prior threads) regarding the flagging of this article. I am sure other users have as well. Hopefully someone makes a comment here soon.

Re: Ask HN: “Tank man” image search blocked on Bing and DuckDuckGo

#92

This shouldn't have been flagged. My understanding is that posts which comment on current events from a tech perspective are 100% within the bounds of acceptable behavior here.

Whatever happened to the "vouch" option?

I wanted to, but it seems to be gone. :-(

[Ed. I see, flagged but not dead, so no vouching...]

Re: Ask HN: “Tank man” image search blocked on Bing and DuckDuckGo

#93
post #92

This shouldn't have been flagged. My understanding is that posts which comment on current events from a tech perspective are 100% within the bounds of acceptable behavior here.

Whatever happened to the "vouch" option? I wanted to, but it seems to be gone. :-( [Ed. I see, flagged but not dead, so no vouching...]

It only appears once the article is actually dead (as far as I've experienced). I have no idea why that's the case.

Re: Ask HN: “Tank man” image search blocked on Bing and DuckDuckGo

#94
post #81
post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Normally @dang turns up to clarify and fix things Posts are flagged if a certain number of users flag them, not just mods/admins.

Is it possible to ban all users that flagged this post? Or at the very least permanently disable their downvoting and flagging power?

That's very disproportionate (but I think it's ridiculous that this is flagged).

Re: Ask HN: “Tank man” image search blocked on Bing and DuckDuckGo

#95
post #92

This shouldn't have been flagged. My understanding is that posts which comment on current events from a tech perspective are 100% within the bounds of acceptable behavior here.

Whatever happened to the "vouch" option? I wanted to, but it seems to be gone. :-( [Ed. I see, flagged but not dead, so no vouching...]

So until it gets flagged enough to become dead, it's in a kind of flag purgatory and can't be vouched for?

Separately, I'd be curious to know what systems are in place to deal with bad-faith flagging. There doesn't seem to be any mention of this in the Hacker News FAQ. Not saying that's what happened here, but it seems like a situation that would come up sooner or later.

Re: Ask HN: “Tank man” image search blocked on Bing and DuckDuckGo

#96
post #12

I get the image if I'm more specific on DDG, via "tank man tiananmen square". Maybe just DDG needing more context than Google?

I searched for “fnord cakewalk” and got a pageful of results. It’s impossible that 2 generic words like “tank” and “man” give 0 results whatsoever for organic reasons.

"tank woman" and "tank guy" returns lots of results.

Re: Ask HN: “Tank man” image search blocked on Bing and DuckDuckGo

#97
post #60

I have no idea how to get Dang's attention, but can we talk about why this thread is flagged? How is this not blatant censorship? Tons of people are NOT seeing this thread, it was on the front page before it got flagged, obviously the intention of whoever flagged it.

The thread could have been flagged because 50 people clicks "flag" in the first few minutes.

Dang was working 12 hours ago, he's likely off at the moment.

Re: Ask HN: “Tank man” image search blocked on Bing and DuckDuckGo

#99
post #57

This shouldn't have been flagged. My understanding is that posts which comment on current events from a tech perspective are 100% within the bounds of acceptable behavior here.

Very suspicious. I suspect employees are flagging this post, but my suspicions aren’t really founded. Is there a way to unflag?

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Re: Ask HN: “Tank man” image search blocked on Bing and DuckDuckGo

#100

This shouldn't have been flagged. My understanding is that posts which comment on current events from a tech perspective are 100% within the bounds of acceptable behavior here.

Sorry for speculation but if the upvote to comments ratio are off, they might get auto flagged too, right?
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