It was flagged by users, not moderators. Users were correct to flag it, because it's an unsubstantive flamebait comment. (Pejorative generalizations about groups of people, especially large groups like a country, usually count as flamebait.)
Btw, nationalistic flamebait is particularly inflammatory. It sounds like you didn't intend your comment as a provocation, but such effects happen regardless of intent.
That’s the one. I do really appreciate you taking time to check and clarify.
I see where you are coming from, and will absolutely keep this in mind going forward on HN. That in no way was an intended bait (as you also presume) - purely just my observation as a designer who lives in the US and often has to travel abroad to have these sort of whimsy public art experiences.
I also saw just yesterday a comment I replied to had been flagged where the user said ““..the EU was being left behind due to AI regulation..”” - that comment was also flagged and removed…but it came back hours later. I suppose again that may have been user flagged, though a mod reviewed it manually and decided to approve it?
Again, I appreciate the work you and the rest of the mod team are doing - I imagine it’s only gotten more and more challenging over the years to maintain civility here - though I am often left with a fragmented user experience as I never get notified when comments are flagged, what the flagged comments even were, and even worse - entire threads become extremely confusing due to lack of hierarchy of context missing.
It was flagged by users, not moderators. Users were correct to flag it, because it's an unsubstantive flamebait comment. (Pejorative generalizations about groups of people, especially large groups like a country, usually count as flamebait.)
Btw, nationalistic flamebait is particularly inflammatory. It sounds like you didn't intend your comment as a provocation, but such effects happen regardless of intent.