[anarcat]

The post says:

    Edit: Case in point: this post was quietly removed by Hacker News moderators within 40 minutes of its submission.

What's the status here, was this post redacted or not? Or did it just drop off the frontpage?

Is there any transparency with regards to moderation here, now that I think of it?

[dang]

Moderators didn't touch this post or even see it until now. It was flagged by users.

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

[LexiMax]

Which is not surprising. Even the article posits that this is not an issue with any one person, but with the hacker community and culture as a whole. Shrugging your shoulders and saying "Well, users flagged it" is very much in line with the kind of behavior he's criticizing.

[gizzlon]

> Moderators [...] sometimes turn flags off when they are unfair

Seems like it should be turned off in this case?

[mfru]

Yes, it should be turned off.

[mfru]

But, apparently nobody cares even if the flag was unfair and unnecessary.

[mfru]

Why was this submission never unflagged?