Why Did HN flag my submission on Democracy and change it's name?

#1

Post by Jyefet » Thu, Jan 26, 2017, 2:53 PM UTC

I added the EIU 2016 Democracy Index with the title: US downgraded from 'full' to 'flawed democracy' and the title was changed to '2016 Democracy Index' before being flagged. See screenshots below: 1) Original post http://imgur.com/O22kb1P 2)Title Change: http://imgur.com/2IvB4Nv 3) Flagged: http://imgur.com/71daypA

Re: Why Did HN flag my submission on Democracy and change it's name?

#2

Post by 2close4comfort » Thu, Jan 26, 2017, 2:55 PM UTC

Because much like the US, HN is not a democracy...

Re: Why Did HN flag my submission on Democracy and change it's name?

#3

Post by alistproducer2 » Thu, Jan 26, 2017, 2:56 PM UTC

it's because general political topics aren't considered a good fit by a lot of people and lots will reflexively flag them.

As an example of how despised political discussion are, a chrome extension I made to filter stories (mostly political) made it to the front page:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13467611

Re: Why Did HN flag my submission on Democracy and change it's name?

#4

Post by dylz » Thu, Jan 26, 2017, 2:57 PM UTC

1) political

2) editorializing the title

Re: Why Did HN flag my submission on Democracy and change it's name?

#5

Post by AlphaWeaver » Thu, Jan 26, 2017, 2:57 PM UTC

HN Guidelines [1] has a policy to post the full title of a site without modification.

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: Why Did HN flag my submission on Democracy and change it's name?

#6

Post by Neliquat » Thu, Jan 26, 2017, 3:03 PM UTC

2close4comfort wrote: post #2

Because much like the US, HN is not a democracy...

On the contrary, this is democracy at work in one of its clearest forms.

Re: Why Did HN flag my submission on Democracy and change it's name?

#7

Post by DanielleMolloy » Thu, Jan 26, 2017, 3:03 PM UTC

I guess it was editorializing the title. (Also, the provided link was not very informative since for the original white paper you would need to register.)

Re: Why Did HN flag my submission on Democracy and change it's name?

#8

Post by DanielleMolloy » Thu, Jan 26, 2017, 4:00 PM UTC

I tried submitting a comprehensive article that did not have access restrictions and a title that did not need editorializing ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13491827 ) and it was marked "dupe", referring to your flagged topic. Mh.

Re: Why Did HN flag my submission on Democracy and change it's name?

#9

Post by dang » Thu, Jan 26, 2017, 4:29 PM UTC

AlphaWeaver wrote: post #5

HN Guidelines [1] has a policy to post the full title of a site without modification. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

That's the correct link but you've described the guideline inaccurately. What it says is "Please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait". Note the "unless".

Re: Why Did HN flag my submission on Democracy and change it's name?

#10

Post by dang » Thu, Jan 26, 2017, 4:30 PM UTC

This is all routine. Please read the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. You've broken them in several ways, first by editorializing a title and second by posting this question here instead of emailing us. As for the flags, that's the work of HN users, as I described here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13492445.