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an0malousyesterday at 10:23 PM6 repliesview on HN

Why was this post flagged? This site has become ridiculous, people are routinely abusing the flagging system to take down posts they don’t like even if they’re obviously on topic and relevant to HN. And it seems like some users have substantially more flagging weight because these posts, likely this one, are often top 5 on HN.


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lkbmtoday at 7:55 PM

I'm confused by the headline being a headline here at all. Irregular being involved in OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta incidents has been well-known for over a month[0][1]. It's literally the only thing I know about the Meta incident.

[0] https://x.com/jtcbrule/status/2085443180191715780

[1] https://x.com/RaconteurR2D2/status/2086932963829125185

surfmiketoday at 6:32 PM

Maybe because the headline is misleading? (because there's no connection to the Hugging Face attack)

That said, it's the second day and it's still on the front page.

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rezonanttoday at 7:00 PM

What's ridiculous is the constant complaints about flagging and downvoting. It's bad form. If you think something was flagged when it shouldn't have been, vouch for it.

Seems like people who complain are unaware that anyone with a modicum of karma can flag and down vote.

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nathan_youngtoday at 5:51 PM

Seems like hackernews should use a bridging algorithm for flagging.

irregularbowelstoday at 5:34 PM

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maxrev17today at 5:19 PM

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