points by EE84M3i 5 years ago

Does it track things that were on the front page but were flagged? I've been looking for that.

graderjs 5 years ago

I believe it will show it, but not the flagging specifically. You can see the position (best) drop off a cliff, even while upvotes and comments keep rising for a bit.

Maker, this is really really cool. Only quibble is make it easier to check out a post. Not sure how, but maybe:

- Bookmarklet

- Some sort of search, or bring up all posts by a user, or all posts currently on the front page.

A suggestion I have is to allow a comparison chart. So be able to add multiple submissions, and compare their trends.

All in all, great work!

google234123 5 years ago

It would be cool to see what popular posts are flagged off the homepage.

  • ryandrake 5 years ago

    You can often find these by going to: https://news.ycombinator.com/active

    This view of HN more heavily weights articles that generate robust discussions. I often find interesting stuff here that only briefly made it to the front page (due to flags or due to HN's "flamewar detector").

bryanrasmussen 5 years ago

I sort of think there should be an 'important flagged discussions' link, ones with otherwise lots of engagement that got flagged by people who were opposed to the viewpoint of the post.

  • pbhjpbhj 5 years ago

    Flags are for "this shouldn't be here" not for "I disagree", AFAICT. It's bad enough that downvotes are used for disagreement.

    • bryanrasmussen 5 years ago

      I'm pretty sure that flags are used for disagree with viewpoint of this article.

      on edit: discussing how I see flagged used, not how it should be used.

      • Wowfunhappy 5 years ago

        People who do that are supposed to lose their flagging privileges.