>Does anyone have any opinions about whether this is a good idea The problem is that flagging is used as a downvote mechanism. For example, I've observed that

>Does anyone have any opinions about whether this is a good idea The problem is that flagging is used as a downvote mechanism. For example, I've observed that some anti-Apple or anti-Android articles(even if otherwise legitimate) are flagged so that they go lower into the page(you see articles with fewer points submitted later on top, so this is evidence of flagging). This kind of (mis?)usage of flagging can be detrimental to this method.