Does it have to have an impact? There's so many trivial and inconsequential posts on the front page of HN every day, and they're not flagged to death. I thoug

Does it have to have an impact? There's so many trivial and inconsequential posts on the front page of HN every day, and they're not flagged to death. I thought the criteria for posts were interestingness, not impact to our daily lives.