[mapreduce]

> It was on the front page ... it hit the top spot. Various people in the community clearly did think it met the bar.

It was on the front page. It hit the top spot. Then it got flagged. Many people in the community clearly did think it was clickbait and did not meet the bar!

[ColinWright]

Yeah, as I say, people are a lot less tolerant now about people sharing simple mistakes they make than they were when I first started posting here. People used to grimace in sympathy, acknowledge that they've also made simple mistakes, and move on.

Now things like that get flagged, even though there's clearly a sizeable proportion of people who do still find it useful[0].

The demographics have changed[1].

So I'll remember, on your advice, that if ever I write up any simple mistakes I make, I won't post them here.

[0] FWIW, I think flags required to kill something is far fewer than votes required to get to the front page. So even if a vast majority of people think something is interesting, a far smaller collection of people can get it killed.

[1] Or my memory is faulty. I've been here 15 years now ... maybe it was always like this.