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Noobstories contains links posted from newly-created user accounts. The category is intended for moderation and tends to have more spam than others - the OP is

by vibhavs 16y ago

Noobstories contains links posted from newly-created user accounts. The category is intended for moderation and tends to have more spam than others - the OP is asking you to flag spam articles on Noobstories to maintain the overall high-quality of HN.

PCheese 16y ago
How does one "flag as spam"? I don't see any such links on either the article discussion page or the user page. Example: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1652503 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1652503
- bbatsell 16y ago
  You need to have a certain amount of karma to flag, but if I recall it's fairly low.
  - sorbus 16y ago
    It's around 50, I think.