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When you click on a comment timestamp to view an individual comment, do you see a flag link? If not, you might want to contact the mods to see if there is something else going on.

The US DoD includes civilian agencies and all of the US armed forces.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_De...

Another take is that those running HN know what kind of forum they want (one that promotes community) and understand and accept that trade-off. 'dang has written about this at length, so I think that's very likely the case.

That's not one you're willing to make and you adjust your behavior accordingly. HN can't be all things to all people. And that's okay.

You clearly find some value in HN as it is because you continue to use it. Something to consider: changes you might like to see may very well change the community as a whole to make it less a place you want to be. Hard to say, without running the experiment, but one of the hazards is that running the experiment could irreparably damage/change HN. And rebooting it would be likely nigh impossible. (If it were easy, we'd all create the fora we wanted.)

As others have pointed out, the event they're discussing happened in March.

Yes. In particular, this note that calls that out explicitly is applicable:

> "Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data."

Also note the Contact link in the footer.

(Also note that @dang doesn't do anything other than display the five glyphs @, d, a, n, and g.)

Vouching works for [dead] comments and submissions, not those that are only [flagged] (but not [dead]). I believe this is what 'crazygringo is referring to.

You'd be better served posting in the monthly "Who is hiring?" post. Here's the one for June 2021:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27355392

> "What does [flagged] mean?"

> "It means that users flagged a post as breaking the guidelines or otherwise not belonging on Hacker News."

> "Moderators sometimes also add [flagged] (though not usually on submissions), and sometimes turn flags off when they are unfair."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

Different domains have different conventions, regardless of what may be in a definitive reference.

Single-page application

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-page_application

Given that the majority of their recent comments are [dead], 'redis_mlc is likely banned. If you see a dead-yet-worthwhile comment, you can vouch for it.

(Also, @dang doesn't do anything special: if you want to contact the moderators, email them using the Contact link in the footer.)

Politeness and civility should not be enforced by fear.

> “White tie, also called full evening dress or a dress suit, is the most formal in traditional evening western dress codes.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_tie

Other way 'round.

> "The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American multinational commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of Walt Disney Television, a division of Disney General Entertainment Content of The Walt Disney Company."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company

As I understand it, vouch works on dead submissions and comments: it doesn't negate or offset flags.

Contacting the mods (use the contact link in the footer) and asking them to review can be effective.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23851745 (and elsewhere)

> "We're working on performance improvements that will hopefully allow us to go back to HN's original style of one big page per thread (not infinite scroll, don't worry). In the meantime please look for those 'More' links when the total number of comments is over 250 or so."

> In early 2012, Microsoft divested itself of Tellme Networks' interactive voice response (IVR) service and the majority of its employees to [24]7 Inc. The service was moved to a non-toll-free number.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tellme_Networks

Peloton treadmills, not bikes. As discussed on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26846641

Use tools like paredit that support structural editing. There are tools like this for all major editors.

https://calva.io/paredit/

Reconsidered

One day ago:

"Ask HN: Is your team using story points to estimate work? Why or why not?"

6 points, 13 comments

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26963147

(2017) ?

Not sure how to date this, but the latest commit for the source of the book is from 2017.

https://github.com/jwiegley/git-from-the-bottom-up/commit/76...

4 days ago, over 300 points, over 200 comments

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26832589

> "How are stories ranked?"

> "The basic algorithm divides points by a power of the time since a story was submitted. Comments in threads are ranked the same way."

> "Other factors affecting rank include user flags, anti-abuse software, software which demotes overheated discussions, account or site weighting, and moderator action. "

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

That's better, but why not use the actual title? The link to patagonia.com makes clear how "We" is. The guidelines specifically ask:

> "Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

It looks like the title + subtitle is too long colonized, so you could use an em-dash:

"Beyond the Office, Out of the Landfill—Why We’re Transitioning from Adding Logos"

Title has been editorialized. Actual title:

"Beyond the Office, Out of the Landfill: Why We’re Transitioning from Adding Logos"

- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26811412

- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26815531

(2010)

From the FAQ: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

> What does [flagged] mean?

> It means that users flagged a post as breaking the guidelines or otherwise not belonging on Hacker News.