Reading your comment 42 minutes later your fear that it would not inspire useful discussion appears to be demonstrably unfounded. Flagging a post out of fear o

Reading your comment 42 minutes later your fear that it would not inspire useful discussion appears to be demonstrably unfounded. Flagging a post out of fear of what might be said in response to the article is the aspect of HN culture I find least admirable. Flagging a post is not the same as downvoting. Flagging amounts to "I believe this article should not be read by anyone from HN" because a fully flagged Article (flagged by more than one person) removes the source link from view. That's a pretty serious statement to feel you can make on behalf of all the other readers of HN, and should be used only with the greatest of care.