Ask HN: Why my post labled FLAGGED and how to prevent it?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40619310

by lijunhao • 2 years ago

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I'm confused why my "Show HN: Command Cheatsheet Client (x-cmd.com)" post was flagged. I understand flagging is important, but I'm unsure what rules I broke.

Could it be because I posted about another x-cmd tool earlier? I see them as separate projects using the x-cmd framework, much like different projects on Github.

Or, is "cheat" considered a negative term?

Also, how many flags are needed to mark a post as "FLAGGED"?

talldayo2• 2 years ago

Probably because you submit from that domain quite often. From the HN guidelines:

Please don't use HN primarily for promotion. It's ok to post your own stuff part of the time, but the primary use of the site should be for curiosity.

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

lijunhao2• 2 years ago

Thank you for your prompt reply.

fragmede• 2 years ago

Of the 44 submissions from lijunhao, 9 are text posts like this, 11 are from x-cmd, and the rest are from other domains. Of the 6 contributors on github to x-cmd.com, none of them are named lijunhao (though obviously that's not a definite signal).

11/44 is 25%. Is there a recommended percentage to avoid flagging for same-domain submissions?

talldayo2• 2 years ago

I dunno, I just clicked the "submissions" button and called it as I saw it.

Nobody can know for sure why someone flagged something, but you can get a pretty good idea checking recent post history in my experience.

lijunhao2• 2 years ago

I think it would be more reasonable to judge whether it is promotion according to its content, quality, purpose, instead of domain name.

I totally agree one should get flagged if one posts the same product or application for the same use case again and again. But in my situation, they are different tools for different use cases.

I don't think this demo would get flagged if it was uploaded and presented in the https://asciinema.org or https://github.com .

I don't go against hackernews flagging system. It brings ORDER.

Sincere thanks to everyone for reviewing the cases.

Ask HN: Why my post labled FLAGGED and how to prevent it?

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