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Ask HN: Did 'Best' keyword in title trigger a flag on my post?

2 pointsby tumidpandoraover 4 years ago
I worked really hard in this job board. I am guessing it was triggered by the word ‘Best’ in the title which I’ve updated. Wondering if there’s a way to unflag?<p>https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;?id=25973251

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troydavisover 4 years ago
It may be that HN requires submissions use the actual page title, not a title chosen to make the submission stand out. Here’s a longer explanation: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;newsguidelines.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;newsguidelines.html</a><p>You might resubmit it with the page’s actual title.
gus_massaover 4 years ago
Probably some users flagged it. (I&#x27;m not sure why. Are you scraping the job list? You posted it yesterday, but a few reposts are ok here. I don&#x27;t see an obvious reason.)<p>Try to write to the mods hn@ycombinator.com<p>It&#x27;s live for now. Try writing a comment explaining you made it and be prepare to answer questions if they appear.
ubermanover 4 years ago
Perhaps it should have been tagged as &quot;show&quot; rather than presented as a news item.<p>Is you thing a &quot;bot&quot; or a &quot;job board&quot;. Your website seems to be both. If the jobs are simply scraped from some other site, what value are you adding?