Tell HN: please help flag spam in New

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3033013

by majika • 15 years ago

6 4 15 years ago

news.ycombinator.com

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.

llambda• 15 years ago

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

majika2• 15 years ago

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

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

danielhunt• 15 years ago

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 :)

majika2• 15 years ago

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 :)

Tell HN: please help flag spam in New

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