Your question is probably why submissions about the conflict/war in Ukraine are getting flagged and why there's only few articles on the frontpage. It's a brea

Your question is probably why submissions about the conflict/war in Ukraine are getting flagged and why there's only few articles on the frontpage. It's a breaking news event that all TV channels, radio, all newspapers already report on. The newspapers have 24/7 real time coverage. And that's mostly off-topic for HN https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Many users come to HN to avoid the breaking news cycle that's present on other platforms and where more niche topics are discussed. It's similar how other major events were handled. US presidency, Hong Kong protests, Iran, Ottawa protests, COVID, school shootings, wildfires to name a few.