alt Hacker NewsDid you mean to flag the parent comment I was replying to? These tangents rarely start with the replies. I do understand that the metadiscussion I'm bringing up is uncomfortable, though.
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zahlman • today at 7:44 AM
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Did you mean to flag the parent comment I was replying to? These tangents rarely start with the replies. I do understand that the metadiscussion I'm bringing up is uncomfortable, though.
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@tomhow, who you're replying to, is a HN mod - as such he rarely flags comments - flagging is a HN user action (for users with accounts of sufficient age and standing).
The mods are drawn to [flagged] comments to double check / inspect whether such a thing was warrented, if no one has made a comment as to why something was flagged they might have a guess, add that as a comment - or even reverse the flag.
If I had to guess, the comment you replied to was not flagged as it was a top level comment to be read with a generic non specific "you", however your comment was likely flagged as it appeared to some to have a judgemental tone toward another user - the "you" that you used was a specific non generic you with the comment parent as target.
FWiW I'm a rubber necking drive by user - I didn't flag your comment.