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>>dang+nZ
Dear mods. I know it isn’t you - but it’s a shame to see this flagged. Seems some people wish they only needed to think about complexity in space and time but not complexity in society.

Flagging as silent protest won’t progress the debate because the issues and reasons don’t get discussed, people just object. If people dislike the direction HN is going they should be encouraged to speak up so everyone can talk through it.

Perhaps we need to reset community norms around flagging?

>>cadams+Lj
HN could do itself a huge favour by posting the usernames of whomever flags/upvotes/downvotes. Add an ‘engagement’ link to reveal these details on every post/comment.

>>pupppe+Wm
Sorry, but we'd never do that. I can't imagine anything that would generate more ill will, personal attacks, fractiousness, and worse.

>>chmayn+(OP)
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>>dang+eZ
Not sure how anonymous attacks are better than personal attacks.

>>pupppe+fI1
Not following you. Do you want to explain?

>>dang+zO1
One can flag without recourse, and are there any systems in place prevent someone from just carpet-bombing downvotes on a user I've decided to spite?

>>pupppe+Oo3
Oh yes—there are many such protections.

What do you mean by "flag without recourse"? That's one bit I still don't follow.

>>dang+oy3
>Oh yes—there are many such protections.

Oh! Well that certainly helps, I shouldn't have assumed they didn't exist.

>flag without recourse

I'm just referring to posts of a certain subject matter that tend to get flagged. If I'm anti-XYZ, is there anything stopping someone from flagging all things XYZ so they don't make the front page?