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Well, I'm drifting way into the sea of armchair psychology here, but a part of "I don't have resources to care" also translates often to "I don't want to see an

Well, I'm drifting way into the sea of armchair psychology here, but a part of "I don't have resources to care" also translates often to "I don't want to see anything related to this." Especially on the web, which tends to be fast-paced system 1 / reptile-brain media for many. Scroll, click, skim read, back, (not interesting topic - flag), f5, repeat.

krapp 6y ago
There's an option to hide stories - it also hides comments for those stories on the new comments page. That's the appropriate action to take for stories one simply doesn't want to see, if one cannot muster the intestinal fortitude to simply ignore them and move on.
- waihtis 6y ago
  Why so aggressive? I’m just speculating on why people might flag.
  - krapp 6y ago
    I'm not intending to be aggressive towards you personally, but Hacker News as a community because I consider flagging abuse to be really toxic behavior, particularly when a better alternative to it exists.