Tell HN: please help flag spam in New

6 pointsmajika4 comments

The New queue is getting hammered. Currently, about 30-40% of submissions from the last 2 hours are spam. That's just what hasn't been deleted yet.

Please spend a few minutes each time you check HN to prune the New stack and flag any spam.

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This may seem like a stupid question, but how do I even do that?

I'm a long time reader, but only recently started posting, so the finer details like flagging and downvoting are beyond me right now :)

Click the "flag" link under the submission title.

Edit: apologies, I just read on the guidelines that:

"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.)"

I just upvoted to help you on your way :)

Go through and flag the ones you see. The mods will catch on quickly.

Not really - this account has been submitting spam for 12 days:

http://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=emily_hines

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