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"Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate for the site. If you think something is spam or offtopic, flag it by going to its p
by menloparkbum 17y ago
"Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate for the site. If you think something is spam or offtopic, flag it by going to its page and clicking on the "flag" link. (Not all users will see this; there is a karma threshold.) If you flag something, please don't also comment that you did."
http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- jerf 17y agoSometimes you need to explain why. If everyone naturally realized they were being yanked about by their emotions and having that used to bypass their rationality, nobody would ever use that technique. This is especially true if you happen to agree with the point being emotionally made. But sometimes when it is pointed out, it is easy to see that you are being manipulated after the fact. It's easy to see why spam should be removed; seeing why this article should be removed is harder.
- menloparkbum 17y agoFlags are supposed to make the article go away. You end up with a dead thread with your comment, which is just noise.