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Why is this flagged ??

• dang 4y ago
  Users flagged it.
  • chucky123 4y ago
    This post has got 75 upvotes in the last 1 hour. Surely there must be some merit to keeping it up.
    • batch12 4y ago
      It may not even be those with strong opinions on the topic that are flagging this. I think some may flag topics they see as potentially inflammatory as a means to avoid flamewars, uncivil discourse, etc.
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• propogandist 4y ago
• Markoff 4y ago
  Because large part of HN users prefer to live in denial about facts they don't like. It's also fact there are brigades and bots operating on HN and NGAF.
  • dang 4y ago
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