Flagged means several readers pressed the "flag" link on the article. If enough readers "flag" it, the article gets labeled "[flagged]" and removed from the fr

Flagged means several readers pressed the "flag" link on the article. If enough readers "flag" it, the article gets labeled "[flagged]" and removed from the front page. More details here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12173809 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12173809