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		adamrezich on Sept 10, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Io_uring for Ruby You are not describing a use-case that the flagging feature on this website is intended to be used for—flags are not super-downvotes.

FridgeSeal on Sept 10, 2024 [–]

I'm aware, but give people a proxy for something like downvotes, and they'll use them as such. Hackernews tends to have more restraint than reddit on that front, but not immune.

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