| > I don't think I have enough points to vouch for anything. Based on this [0] (and a few other random comments search engines pulled up) the points threshold for vouching is supposedly 31. It does appear that I misunderstood the vouching functionality, though, since apparently it's supposed to counteract [dead] posts, not [flagged]. My mistake! > The rules about how many points are required to do things seem to promote a hive mind phenomenon. As with many things, it's a tradeoff. Having a points threshold also makes it harder to abuse new accounts to manipulate flags/votes/etc., so there's no free lunch here. > If you're not trying to explain why this thing is flagged, or at least why it isn't flagged, idk why you are in this thread. My intent was very specifically to push back against the claim that Rust criticism is a surefire way to get downvoted/flagged. The tl;dr is that good criticism of Rust is well-received, and this article is not a good critique and so it's not all that surprising that it was not well-received. [0]: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented/blob/m... |