Slightly related to the question but I've been curious why a lot of Twitter related posts are being flagged (like OP's Ask HN currently is at the time of postin

Slightly related to the question but I've been curious why a lot of Twitter related posts are being flagged (like OP's Ask HN currently is at the time of posting). There's obviously been a lot of news - everyone is probably sick to death of it, but this is a site where people express their interest based on voting. HN readers can just not vote on Twitter stuff if it's no longer interesting. Flagging, on the other hand, doesn't feel like the correct approach... If people disagree with the Ask HN question here (and I can see why as it's possibly a bit hyperbolic) I think the correct action is to either ignore it, or provide comments with counterarguments. To me, flagging this seems to lend credence to the point OP is actually trying to make (regardless of whether you agree with the way the point is being made...)