God know why the article was flagged, though. Submissions are flagged by members; if the submission accrues enough flags, the '[flagged]' tag appears. Enough H

God know why the article was flagged, though. Submissions are flagged by members; if the submission accrues enough flags, the '[flagged]' tag appears. Enough HN members thought the piece was inappropriate for HN. Off the top of my head, members may be feeling "fake news" meme exhaustion, or have come to the same conclusion you did, "the app proves nothing", and thought it wasn't worth discussing.