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		vibhavs on Sept 5, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Remind HN: Go to Noobstories, flag spam Noobstories contains links posted from newly-created user accounts. The category is intended for moderation and tends to have more spam than others - the OP is asking you to flag spam articles on Noobstories to maintain the overall high-quality of HN.

PCheese on Sept 5, 2010 [–]

How does one "flag as spam"? I don't see any such links on either the article discussion page or the user page.

Example: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1652503

bbatsell on Sept 5, 2010 | [–]

You need to have a certain amount of karma to flag, but if I recall it's fairly low.

sorbus on Sept 5, 2010 | | [–]

It's around 50, I think.

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