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Advanced users can flag articles. Flagged articles sink. Controversial topics are more likely to get flagged.
I had no idea that flagging was essentially a down-vote. Thanks.
There are a few ways that an article can appear lower than it should. 1) Flagging by people with karma over the threshold (currently set at 500). 2) For some domains, only 1/3rd of the upvotes count, e.g. Reddit, XKCD, images, tweets. 3) There is a "controversial" score which can bring down a story. Not sure how it is computed but perhaps it's based on number of comments versus number of points. 4) Voting ring detect…
There are a few ways that an article can appear lower than it should. 1) Flagging by people with karma over the threshold (currently set at 500). 2) For some domains, only 1/3rd of the upvotes count, e.g. Reddit, XKCD, images, tweets. 3) There is a "controversial" score which can bring down a story. Not sure how it is computed but perhaps it's based on number of comments versus number of points. 4) Voting ring detect…
5 is a big part too, a moderator flag appears to instantly drop a post about 60 ranks (from first to third page). I think when you see it only get to the second page that's user flagging.
There are a few ways that an article can appear lower than it should. 1) Flagging by people with karma over the threshold (currently set at 500). 2) For some domains, only 1/3rd of the upvotes count, e.g. Reddit, XKCD, images, tweets. 3) There is a "controversial" score which can bring down a story. Not sure how it is computed but perhaps it's based on number of comments versus number of points. 4) Voting ring detect…
5 is a big part too, a moderator flag appears to instantly drop a post about 60 ranks (from first to third page). I think when you see it only get to the second page that's user flagging.
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I had no idea that flagging was essentially a down-vote. Thanks.
It's worth noting that if you actually use it that way on any kind of a regular basis you'll very quickly have the ability to flag articles removed (I did, and it took less than a month and no more than a couple dozen flags)
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5 is a big part too, a moderator flag appears to instantly drop a post about 60 ranks (from first to third page). I think when you see it only get to the second page that's user flagging.
The HN Rankings graph does show a slower decline, so my best guess is that it was flagging. http://hnrankings.info/5523672/
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It's worth noting that if you actually use it that way on any kind of a regular basis you'll very quickly have the ability to flag articles removed (I did, and it took less than a month and no more than a couple dozen flags)
There must be a bit more to it than that; I flag pretty aggressively (though admittedly only articles that I think are inappropriate rather than simply bad ) and the link is still there.
It never comes back either.
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5 is a big part too, a moderator flag appears to instantly drop a post about 60 ranks (from first to third page). I think when you see it only get to the second page that's user flagging.
That's interesting. Can we have background information for these "moderators" that are given these god like abilities? We need to know who's deciding what we should be reading or not.
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I had no idea that flagging was essentially a down-vote. Thanks.
It's worth noting that if you actually use it that way on any kind of a regular basis you'll very quickly have the ability to flag articles removed (I did, and it took less than a month and no more than a couple dozen flags)