> Users who flag a post like this shouldn't really have flagging privs. I agree with you that the article is focused on an important topic (and I did not flag

> Users who flag a post like this shouldn't really have flagging privs. I agree with you that the article is focused on an important topic (and I did not flag it), but I don't think you can easily make that one-to-one link between article flagging and poor judgment (or what ever negative trait would justify revoking of flagging privileges). People may have flagged the article because of some issue they had with the accuracy of the text (though it all seemed accurate to me). Or maybe they flagged it because this topic has received some attention previously on HN and the flaggers thought this article didn't bring any new information to the discussion (plausible, since most of the specific cases discussed were already in the news). There could be multiple reasons for flagging this article, not all of which are objectionable.