Please can we stop with the stories about Uber being banned in New Delhi?

2 pointsColinWright11 years ago3 comments

On HN

There are lots of them - please can we have some respite?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8715541

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8715557

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8715566

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8715639

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8715739

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8715777

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8715789

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8715862

Edit: And more keep coming:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8715938

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8715996

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8716015

DanBC 11y

Are all of these being flagged?

Because if people don't see the flag-killed stories (and don't know to check showdead) it seems reasonable that they submit a story that they think is on-topic for HN.

(I tend to think that most Uber articles are OT for HN.)

ColinWrightOP11y

No idea - I don't have "Show dead", so they are visible. It's a common theme, though:

    People don't check
    before submitting.

Why should they? It takes time and effort, and it's usually unnecessary.

That means this plea will probably be useless and pointless, but I thought I'd try anyway. The mods are usually pretty good about penalizing all but one version of a story. but even so, I wish the community as a whole would take more responsibility.

I guess I'm just an old fart who's out of touch with today's internet reality.