I don't doubt that your prediction is entirely true, but I'd say a more likely cause is that the majority of people realise (correctly) that this sort of articl

I don't doubt that your prediction is entirely true, but I'd say a more likely cause is that the majority of people realise (correctly) that this sort of article will result in absolutely no useful or edifying discussion whatsoever. We'll be treated to a thread of absolutely valueless commentary that achieves nothing apart from angering a lot of people, and I'd imagine that articles like this will continue to flagged to death until such time as HN demonstrates that it's able to sustain adult conversations about controversial issues, particularly where they touch on topics like DEI.