Ask HN: How can I tell why a news item was blocked?

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I submitted a story that was flagged. I would like to know why so I might better evaluate the source. Is there any way to tell?

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The literal cause is that several HN readers clicked the "flag" button, and not many upvoted it.

People probably flagged it because it's about identity politics, which doesn't usually lead to constructive discussion on HN.

For more about what makes good submissions, see the guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

update: It got un-flagged. I wonder if it was flagged by user(s) and there was an editorial override?

Users can also vouch to get it unflagged. If the mods take an editorial decision to unflag a controversial story, dang usually pins a comment to the top explaining the decision and asking everyone to please keep it civil.

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Ask HN: How can I tell why a news item was blocked?