The significant factor for me, was not that the flagging was due to 'discussion-fatigue' of a popular topic, but that in the case of both submissions (the origi

The significant factor for me, was not that the flagging was due to 'discussion-fatigue' of a popular topic, but that in the case of both submissions (the original and my inadvertent dupe) it was used as an underhand way to counteract the extremely fast velocity to the top of the front-page.