> I do think it's an example, though, of how certain topics are "off limits" because a small group does not want them to be discussed. > For me, it exacerbate

> I do think it's an example, though, of how certain topics are "off limits" because a small group does not want them to be discussed. > For me, it exacerbates my long standing worries that abuse of flagging (or the counter-reaction thereto) may be the eventual downfall of HN. It doesn't really worry me, but topics that I may have wanted to discuss on HN long ago and try to today on some posts, I usually spend more time elsewhere discussing them now and less time on HN doing so because they usually have a very short shelf because of the above and that's fine for me, but maybe not HN.