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Sorry to disappoint your dissidence, but the article was flagged by users and we've turned off the flags now, which means it's back on the frontpage, not being repressed!

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Hey dang, while we're talking flags, I made a comment yesterday where two of the replies are now [flagged] and [dead] and yet they both seem innocuous.

#1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50051731

#2. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50051714

I thought I could 'vouch' them but it's not an option - is vouching time limited?

I'm also wondering what's going on with that user. Their comments all seem fine to me but I notice that a huge amount of their past comments - even beyond my comment thread - are [dead]. I feel a bit sorry for them.

I'm pretty sure there is a limited vouch window. I can vouch the first but not the second, I would imagine you should be able to as well. As far as the poster goes, my best guess is the account is somehow flagged as a bit? I've seen a few accounts where every comment they make shows up as flagged-dead, but I've never been quite sure why.

The second comment was already vouched when you had a look. ;) It wasn't out of place as a comment, but the forum software does automatically mark some comments as dead - going back a month in the user's comments, many do come across as possible LLM content but some people do write that way.

Anecdotal, but I feel like I've seen an uptick in flagging attacks or aggressive reactions to benign comments. It's odd.

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