Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

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

news.ycombinator.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

131–138 of 138 posts

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

#131

Post by dang »

partiallypro wrote: post #125
dang wrote: post #106

Earlier quoted context omitted.

[flagged] on submissions nearly always means users flagged it. This is in the FAQ: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html#flag . Edit: details of what happened are here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27397230

The flagging is clearly unfair...so why hasn't it been removed? A lot of CCP fans out there it seems.

I've removed the flags now.

That last bit breaks the site guidelines. Can you please review them and stick to the rules? We'd appreciate it.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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

#132

Post by dang »

mazlix wrote: post #120
dang wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you were to read the site guidelines, you would have a clear idea of how to get my attention. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

@dang I just read the guidelines and don’t see any mention of how to get your/a mods attention in posts unless you’re referring to “email hn@ycombinator.com”? Is that the proper way?

Precisely!

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

#134

Post by jodrellblank »

xvector wrote: post #81
iso1631 wrote: 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?

I didn't flag it, but it's a boring link to an empty search result with no discussion except outrage. I know political topics can be on-topic here, but why is this worthy of a HN submission and not being flagged? What's particularly interesting about it?

(And before you respond with the obvious - Microsoft has clearly blocked this, and it's in China's interest for them to do so, yes, but can you explain why you think that is that particularly Hacker Newsworthy? Like, the only thing you've posted is 5x comments of single line outrage - you've called for people to be banned, DDG to be removed from a list, called it suspicious, cast aspersions on HN employees - you don't seem to be trying to start a detailed discussion about anything related - and neither does almost everyone else.)

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

#135

Post by lettergram »

dang wrote: post #130
lettergram wrote: post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Everything "controversial" or anti-narrative since October 2020 I've posted has been flagged. Frankly, I think it's mostly bots or people being paid to do so. IMO HN should be changing it's flag policy.

This isn't remotely close to true. I think you may be falling prey to the notice-dislike bias, which unfortunately leads to false feelings of generality. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

That’s fair, could also be the topics im weighing in on are more prone.

From personal experience, I’m experiencing flags like I’ve never seen before. I have several IRL fiends who no longer post or visit HN because of it (because reasonable discussion is being disappeared).

I’d be curious to know the attrition rate after flags. Also if the number of flags for long term members have increased. The data’s all public (I think), so I can do the analysis. But I find it interesting.

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

#136

Post by dang »

lettergram wrote: post #135
dang wrote: post #130

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This isn't remotely close to true. I think you may be falling prey to the notice-dislike bias, which unfortunately leads to false feelings of generality. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

That’s fair, could also be the topics im weighing in on are more prone. From personal experience, I’m experiencing flags like I’ve never seen before. I have several IRL fiends who no longer post or visit HN because of it (because reasonable discussion is being disappeared). I’d be curious to know the attrition rate after flags. Also if the number of flags for long term members have increased. The data’s all public (I…

I'd be happy to look up specific numbers if it's something I can do quickly. Unfortunately today has been a tornado and I haven't quite landed yet.

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

#137

Post by lettergram »

dang wrote: post #136
lettergram wrote: post #135

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s fair, could also be the topics im weighing in on are more prone. From personal experience, I’m experiencing flags like I’ve never seen before. I have several IRL fiends who no longer post or visit HN because of it (because reasonable discussion is being disappeared). I’d be curious to know the attrition rate after flags. Also if the number of flags for long term members have increased. The data’s all public (I…

I'd be happy to look up specific numbers if it's something I can do quickly. Unfortunately today has been a tornado and I haven't quite landed yet.

I think I speak for all of us, when I say we appreciate all you do!
Post reply on HN